Tom and Jerry
A classic warm cocktail featuring a rich mixture of eggs, rum, and warming spices. This traditional holiday drink combines frothy beaten eggs with hot milk and Jamaican rum, finished with a sprinkle of nutmeg.
Ingredients
- •2 whole large eggs
- •2½ tablespoons sugar
- •1 cup Jamaican rum
- •1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- •⅛ teaspoon ground allspice
- •⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- •¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- •2⅔ cups whole milk
- •1 teaspoon nutmeg
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
In small mixing bowl, whisk yolks briefly. Add sugar, 1 tablespoon rum, vanilla extract, allspice, cloves, and cinnamon, and whisk again. Set aside. Using electric mixer, beat egg whites in another large bowl until stiff and glossy. Fold whites into yolk mixture, and set aside.
10 min
- 2.
In medium saucepan over low heat, bring milk to simmer and remove from heat. While milk is warming, briefly stir egg batter, then add 1 1/2 tablespoons to mug. Slowly add 4 tablespoons of remaining rum, stirring constantly to prevent curdling. Fill mug with hot milk, stir, sprinkle with nutmeg, and serve.
8 min
