The German Kitchen

This is a festive holiday drink, made to serve family and friends to celebrate Christmas and New Years (Silvester).  You may also substitute the wine with a non-alcoholic version.

Difficulty: Easy.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
Portions: 2 – 3.

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle of red wine (750 ml)
• 4 eggs (or 8 egg yolks)
• 5 tablespoons of sugar
• one packet of vanilla sugar
• dash of cinnamon
• 2 cloves
• splash of lemon or lemon juice

Preparation:

1. Whisk the sugar into the eggs (or egg yolks) and add a little cold red wine, and then beat vigorously.
2. Add the vanilla sugar, mixing in thoroughly.
3. Add the remainder of the red wine and heat with some cinnamon, cloves, and lemon juice.
4. Just before it comes to a boil, remove the pot from the heat. Strain and let cool a bit.
5. Serve hot and foamy.

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Hello all!

We apologize for the long silence, but it has been crazy for our family.  We sold our home in the Summer and began preparing for our move.  We went to Germany the end of Summer, visited family and traveled to the Ostsee with them for a wonderful sun and sand getaway.  We ate a lot of fish – a favorite being Bismarck Brötchen.  As soon as we got back, we closed on our new home and moved.  Then our son started Kindergarten.  Needless to say, we are still unpacking and now preparing for the holidays.  The upside to this is that we will be researching some holiday and Winter themed German recipes to add.  Please hang in there while we get back into the swing of our German Kitchen endeavors!

Cheers!

~Lisa & Frank