Winter White Russian

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 1 cocktail
  • Total: 25 min (includes freezing time)
  • Active: 15 min
This is just the cocktail for enjoying on a cold winter night by the fire. As the whipped cream melts into the drink, each sip gets better and better.
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Ingredients

Whipped Cream:

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract

Cocktail:

1 1/2 ounces half-and-half

1 1/2 ounces espresso, hot

3/4 ounce vodka, such as Tito's

1/2 ounce coffee liquor, such as Galliano or Kahlua

Whole nutmeg, for grating

Directions

Special equipment:
a rasp grater
  1. For the whipped cream: Place a medium metal bowl and your heavy whipping cream, separately, in the freezer for 10 minutes.
  2. Pour the heavy cream into the chilled bowl and with a metal whisk, stir vigorously. When the cream has formed soft peaks, add the confectioners’ sugar and vanilla. Continue to whisk until the sugar and vanilla are combined and the whipped cream is light and smooth, but not too firm.
  3. For the cocktail: In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, warm the half-and-half until just heated through. (Be careful not to scorch it.)
  4. In a 3.25-ounce Picardie glass or glass mug, pour in the hot espresso. Follow with the warm half-and-half, vodka and coffee liquor. Gently stir to combine.
  5. Top with 2 healthy dollops of whipped cream and grate fresh nutmeg over the top of the drink using a rasp grater.

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