Milk punch

amaka inyese

June 24, 2015 9:50 PM

If you're an avid fan of eggnog you would love this drink even more.

Milk Punch

Like all great drinks, it has an equally great history. Milk punch was initially concocted not as the coolest thing you could mix up at a party but as medication. Apparently, people drank it in colonial times but then sometime around World War 2, it fell off the map everywhere but New Orleans.

If you're an avid fan of eggnog you would love this

The recipes for milk punch vary wildly. Some use superfine sugar, others use powdered sugar, which dissolves almost instantaneously. You might use brandy, whiskey or bourbon in it, have you shake it with ice and serve it immediately, you can also freeze it until slushy, it’s slushy but toasty and I hope you clink glasses with everyone that you love when you try it out.

Ingredients:

5 cups of a mixture of whole milk
1 1/2 cups bourbon, another whiskey or brandy
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish.

Directions:

In a pitcher, whisk together milk, half-and-half, bourbon or brandy or whiskey, sugar and vanilla. Freeze until slushy, which will take 3 to 4 hours, but you can leave it in there up to a day. Stir before serving it in chilled glasses, finished with a few gratings of fresh nutmeg.

amaka inyese