MILWAUKEE - As the temperatures drop, the drinks are heating up! Author and cocktail historian Jeanette Hurt shows us how to make a Tom & Jerry.
Basic Tom & Jerry
Batter
4 eggs, separated
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Whip egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Gradually add ½ cup powdered sugar and vanilla extract. in a separate bowl. whip egg yolks with remaining sugar. Fold egg yolk mixture into egg whites.
Refrigerate until ready to use. Makes enough for about eight cocktails.
Cocktail
½ cup batter
2 oz. brandy
1 oz. rum
4 to 5 oz. hot milk
GLASS: mug
GARNISH: 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
Heat milk until almost but not quite scalded. While milk is heating. warm up a mug with hot water, then discard the water. Pour brandy and rum into the bottom of the mug, add batter, then pour warm milk on top. Grate nutmeg as garnish.
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