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[Lesley]

Although I don't drink, I do like a couple of liqueurs or advocaat at Christmas.

 

My sister has advocaat for Christmas - but I'd rather not drink a commercial one and would rather make one with our own eggs/

 

I've been trawling for recipes this evening - and will be making some tomorrow.

 

I'll let you know how it goes

[Guest]

isn't it funny the things that eggs turn up in! I remember being astounded when I found out lemon curd had egg in!

[Snowy]

OH keeps wanting to try this, Egg nog he calls it (or is that something different?) His Dad used to make it years ago - eggs and brandy or something! I'd be interested to see how it goes!

[Lesley]

I must have been at the booze already

 

I know it was late......but I'll move myself to All Things Nice

 

It is very similar Snowy - and I need to go and talk nicely to my flock of freeloaders

[Snowy]

I must have been at the booze already

 

I know it was late......but I'll move myself to All Things Nice

 

It is very similar Snowy - and I need to go and talk nicely to my flock of freeloaders

Why, where was it? I didn't realise it was in the wrong place either

[Lesley]

I posted in Crafty Fingers

[Snowy]

I posted in Crafty Fingers

Well I suppose there must be some craft involved in making it!

[Lesley]

Well, I've made some - it tastes wonderful but is a bit thinner than a bought one. I'll tweak the recipe sometime but I'll post is as I made it today as it is perfectly acceptable

 

Advocaat

10 oz caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

zest of one lemon

Half a pint of vodka and brandy (I used half and half)

3 whole eggs

3 egg yolks

170g can of evaporated mik.

 

Whisk the eggs gently and pass through a sieve to remove the stringy bits.

Add all the other ingredients and whizz in a processor or blender for 30 seconds

until well mixed.

 

Pour into a clean bottle and store in the fridge.

 

Let it age for 2 -3 weeks to mellow (but it is OK straight away!)

[Egluntyne]

Have just added this to the Omlet Cookbook.....and there is a recipe for homemade Advocaat there already! (Laura007's) Not exactly the same though.

[Lesley]

Is the Cookbook still in the Wiki? - I don't venture in there.........

[Egluntyne]

It is....and whenever I see an Omleteer's recipe posted with an egg in it, I add it to the Cookbook.

[redhotchick]

Inspired by this thread, and a strong desire for bombadino, I did a bit of research myself.

 

4 egg yokes

1 tsp vanilla extract

240 ml sugar

120 ml brandy

120 ml vodka

 

I used a conversion factor of 1 cup = 236ml (hence the volume of sugar rather than weight)

 

Whisk the yokes, sugar and essence together in a large heatproof bowl until pale and fluffy, place the bowl over a pan of gently boiling water. Add the the spirits slowly, whisking all the time, continue stirring, but don't allow the mixture to get too warm. (or the alcohol will evaporate)

 

It is thick and delicious. Maybe a tad sweet. I think I'll experiment with less sugar next time.

 

To make a bombadino, heat less than a cup of milk in a separate pan, add advocaat to taste.

Drink hot, top with cream if you like!

[Lesley]

mmmmmmthat sounds like a nice bedtime drink!

[Milly]

My granny used to make advocaat - and I was allowed some even as a child because it was good for you because it had eggs in it. I loved it.

 

Am I imagining things or can you make it with whole eggs ie in the shell and leave the shell to dissolve in the alcohol? I wish I had her recipe.

 

Milly

[Lesley]

I was reading that somewhere when I was looking for a recipe........can't remember where now though.....

[Milly]

I dug out my dusty old recipe book where I copied a few things from my Granny's recipe book. Of course, I have copied down recipes that I have never made, so she could have done the same, but I found:

 

Leave 3 eggs (in their shells) for 5 days in the juice of 2 large lemons, turning daily.

 

Break and remove remaining shell, beat well, add 1 lb caster sugar, beat in 1 tin carnation milk. Add 1 gill (quarter bottle?) brandy, beat well again. Bottle.

 

Lots of beating, but you could probably do it nowadays with a food processor or hand blender.

 

I'm not sure what the eggshells do, particularly as they don't appear to dissolve fully. But I might try it when I have time to buy the brandy and carnation milk. I know I used to enjoy drinking it!

 

Milly

[Lesley]

I don't think the whole egg shell recipe is for me - I can't stop thinking about where that egg shell has been

[Milly]

I had that thought too! But I'm still thinking about it.

 

Milly

[Lesley]

BUMPED!

 

Time to make Advocaat if you want to give some as presents.............it needs three weeks.

 

I usually use unrefined sugar but it did make an odd coloured Advocaat last year - I will use white this time.

[C&T]

There's a blast from the past!

 

My Great Aunt never drank (a lovely lovely lady, but think very methodist!). But each Christmas she would have my Dad's advocaat's as an evening drink. He would swear it was a non-alcoholic version, and no-one ever contradicted him - including her husband! And boy were they alcoholic...

 

She looked forward to one of Dad "non-alcoholic" drinks at Christmas all year...

[Lesley]

[Lesley]

I made mine at the weekend and accidentally added more than twice the quantity of evaporated milk - but I think it tastes better