Christmas Eve Eggnog

Christmas Eve Eggnog

1 cup whipping (heavy) cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 or 2 drops yellow food color
Ground nutmeg
Soft Custardx

Prepare Soft Custard. Just before serving, beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla in chilled bowl until stiff. Stir 1 cup of the whipped cream and food color gently into custard. Pour eggnog into punch bowl. Drop remaining whipped cream in mounds onto eggnog and sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve immediately.

Soft Custard:
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/3 cup sugar
Dash of salt
2-1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix eggs, sugar and salt in heavy 2-quart saucepan. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat 15 to 20 minutes, stirring constantly until mixture just coats a metal spoon. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Place saucepan in cold water until custard is cool. (If custard curdles, grab the best looking man in your house and get him to beat the custard vigorously with hand beater until smooth.) Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

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