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The Traditional Tom & Jerry

The Traditional Tom & Jerry

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Course: Drinks

Ingredients

  • 1 ladle of batter
  • 1 oz. Appleton Jamaican rum
  • 1 oz. Cognac

Instructions

  • In a pre-heated mug, add 1 heaping ladle of batter.
  • Then add rum and Cognac.
  • Top with hot water and dust with freshly grated nutmeg.
  • Serve with a paddle or spoon.

Notes

For egg batter:
  • 8 Jumbo eggs
  • 1 ½ cups
  • Powdered sugar
  • ½ tsp. Cream of tartar
  • Freshly grated nutmeg Hot water
Separate egg whites and yolks. In a large mixer, beat yolks until thick, transfer to another bowl. Clean mixer and add the egg whites and cream of tartar, beat until stiff. Add powdered sugar and fold in yolks. Mix until batter is light and fluffy.
Tony Abou Ganim is the principal of Las Vegas-based consultancy The Modern Mixologist. This is from a story he wrote about the Brass Rail Bar, the proprietor—his cousin Helen David—and her Tom & Jerry recipe.
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