Christmas Recipes
Eggnog Christmas Cocktail
Eggnog (egg-nog, in translation – egg cocktail) is a traditional Christmas and New Year’s drink originating from Scotland based on eggs and milk. Eggnog is distinguished by its spicy aroma and flavor of rum, cognac or whiskey.
Ingredients:
Milk – 1 glass
Cream 10-20% – 1 glass
Rum – 100 ml
Sugar – 80 g
Cloves – 2 pcs.
Pods vanilla – ½ pc.
Ground cinnamon – ½ tsp.
Ground nutmeg – ¼ tsp.
Confectionery cream – to taste
Chicken eggs – 3 pcs.
Cooking method:
Separate the yolks from the whites (whites are not needed), mix with sugar, grind well.
Heat milk with spices over low heat. After boiling, remove from heat and pour in the egg mixture in a thin stream, stirring constantly. Put the mixture on the stove again and cook until it thickens. Remove vanilla pod and clove buds.
Add cream and heat. At the very end, pour in 100 ml of cognac, rum or whiskey, which will make the drink more aromatic.
Pour the hot cocktail into glasses, garnish with a cream cap, sprinkle with cinnamon and serve.
Christmas Сake with Oranges
Ingredients:
For the dough:
Flour – 1 glass
Sugar – 150 g
Sour cream – 4 tbsp.
Orange – 1 pc.
Vanillin – to taste
Soda – 1/2 tsp.
For the filling:
Butter – 80 g
Apples – 2 pcs.
Orange – 1 pc.
Sugar – 4 tbsp.
For the decoration:
Berries – 200 g
For the glaze:
Egg white – 1 pc.
Powdered sugar – 1 glass
Orange (lemon) juice – 1 tbsp.
Cooking method:
Cut the apples into halves, remove the core, and cut into half rings. Cut the orange into half rings. Heat butter in a frying pan, add fruit and sugar and simmer over medium heat until translucent.
Cut the pulp of half of the second orange into cubes. Mix sour cream with sugar in a bowl, add vanillin, soda, orange zest and pulp, add flour.
Place the filling into a mold. Pour the dough on top and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for about 50 minutes.
Remove the Christmas cake from the oven, cool slightly and gently turn onto a serving platter.
Prepare the icing: beat the egg white in a mixer or blender with a glass of powdered sugar, 2 tbsp. water and 1 tbsp. lemon or orange juice. If the mixture looks thin, you can add more powdered sugar.
Pour the icing over the cake and garnish with berries.
Christmas Сake with Oranges
Ingredients:
For the dough:
Flour – 1 glass
Sugar – 150 g
Sour cream – 4 tbsp.
Orange – 1 pc.
Vanillin – to taste
Soda – 1/2 tsp.
For the filling:
Butter – 80 g
Apples – 2 pcs.
Orange – 1 pc.
Sugar – 4 tbsp.
For the decoration:
Berries – 200 g
For the glaze:
Egg white – 1 pc.
Powdered sugar – 1 glass
Orange (lemon) juice – 1 tbsp.
Cooking method:
Cut the apples into halves, remove the core, and cut into half rings. Cut the orange into half rings. Heat butter in a frying pan, add fruit and sugar and simmer over medium heat until translucent.
Cut the pulp of half of the second orange into cubes. Mix sour cream with sugar in a bowl, add vanillin, soda, orange zest and pulp, add flour.
Place the filling into a mold. Pour the dough on top and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for about 50 minutes.
Remove the Christmas cake from the oven, cool slightly and gently turn onto a serving platter.
Prepare the icing: beat the egg white in a mixer or blender with a glass of powdered sugar, 2 tbsp. water and 1 tbsp. lemon or orange juice. If the mixture looks thin, you can add more powdered sugar.
Pour the icing over the cake and garnish with berries.
