An eggnog recipe, because what is Christmas without your favourite drink
There's also a bonus eggless cake recipe.
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Christmas brings with it reason to curl up with family around the tree and sip on some good, old-fashioned eggnog, as you eat cake.
Now if that's your idea of the perfect holiday, you're in luck, because we got Chef Vivek Chauhan from New Delhi's The Imperial hotel to spill his Christmas secrets.
Go on, give this eggnog recipe a try, and we've also got one for an eggless cake as bonus.
Eggnog
Ingredients Eggyolk: 2 Sugar: 35 gm Milk: 280 ml
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Double cream: 60 gm Rum: 44 ml Nutmeg: ½ tsp Cinnamon stick: 1 Egg whites: 2
Method - Whisk yolks with sugar
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- Boil milk, double cream in a pan over a stove; infuse cinnamon stick - Temper the hot mix into the egg mixture; return to pan - Cook the mix until thick - Remove from stove, add rum, and cool it over ice
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- Whisk egg whites and fold in to the mixture - Pour the mix into glasses and refrigerate overnight - Sprinkle nutmeg and serve
Method - Cream butter and sugar - Add milk at regular intervals to the mixture - Mix flour, breadcrumbs, cinnamon powder, ginger powder, and fold in the batter - Finally fold in the marinated fruits - Pour the mix into a baking mould (line it with butter) and bake at 180 C for 25 mins - Serve with brandy sauce
Swarovski, Gold: Here's A Look At The Most Expensive Christmas Trees
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It’s no surprise that the most expensive tree in the world was put on display in the land of excess — the UAE. The Emirates Palace hotel, the luxury Abu Dhabi hotel, in 2010, unveiled what is thought to be the world’s most expensive Christmas tree, valued at more than $11 million. The 13-metre fake evergreen tree, located in the hotel’s lobby, was decorated with silver and gold bows, ball-shaped ornaments and small white lights. However, clearly not satisfi ed with just that, the hotel also hoisted watches, necklaces and solid gold bracelets. In hindsight, for a hotel that provides automatic machines to sell gold bars and the use of a private jet, a $11.4 million Christmas tree is no big deal.
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From solid gold to diamond-encrusted branches, here’s a look at some of the most fabulous and expensive Christmas trees on display.
(In Pic: On the left is the Swarovski crystal Christmas tree, and on the right is the Pro Aurum gold Christmas tree)
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Trust Hong Kong to pull a stunt as glittering as this one. In 2013, passengers fl ying out of Hong Kong airport for their annual Christmas break were greeted by a 50-foot Christmas tree sparkling with millions of Swarovski gold and silver crystals brought all the way from Austria. Rising up to the second level of the airport, the crystal tree cost Swarovski an estimated $1.8 million to set up.
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It was a yellow Christmas in Japan in 2012 when jewellery giant Ginza Tanaka stunned shoppers with a $4.24 million gold Christmas tree. Standing tall at 2.4-metre, this solid gold tree was erected to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Walt Disney. The 40-kg tree was decked with Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Tinker Bell and Cinderella and revolved on a carousel. Ten artisans working for two months ensured that the Disney Tree made it to the store display in time.
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The festive season in Germany got all the more sparkly this year, thanks to German Gold dealer Pro Aurum’s Christmas tree. Touted as Europe’s most expensive tree, it is made out of 2,018 gold coins, that all rest in slots on an acrylic tree. Atop the tree sits a larger gold coin star. The glittering pyramid, displayed at Pro Aurum’s Munich Goldhaus, is three-metres high. The ‘tree’ was made in cooperation with the Austrian mint and is valued at $2.6 million. The dealer said it still could have been worth more, but gold’s value declined during the second half of this year.
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While most entries on this list feature towering trees, Takashimaya went the other way to prove that size is not all that matters when it comes to Christmas tree glamour. Based on the design by Parisian fl ower boutique Claude Quinquaud, the Japanese department store chain managed to shrink a Christmas tree to 40 centimetres, clustering it with a small tower of preserved roses. Each rose petal was encrusted with diamonds from Australian and African extraction, all of which cost a cool $1.8 million.
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While most entries on this list feature towering trees, Takashimaya went the other way to prove that size is not all that matters when it comes to Christmas tree glamour. Based on the design by Parisian fl ower boutique Claude Quinquaud, the Japanese department store chain managed to shrink a Christmas tree to 40 centimetres, clustering it with a small tower of preserved roses. Each rose petal was encrusted with diamonds from Australian and African extraction, all of which cost a cool $1.8 million.
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