Add lots of ice to a highball glass the top with Warninks, cream sherry and lemonade. Finish by balancing a custard cream biscuit on the rim – take a bite out for added fun! The classic snowball recipe has three basic ingredients, according to BBC Good Food’s recipe: sparkling lemonade, advocaat and lime juice. It takes less than five minutes to whip up and serve topped with a cherry for some colorful flair. The Create the Holidays series on The Purple Pumpkin Blog is filled with free printables, crafts, recipes, and more for Christmas and the Winter Holidays! Print my free measurement conversion chart or use the yield tab in the printable recipe card. You’ll be making multiples in seconds! Snowballs are at their best when they’re freshly made. There aren’t many components, to begin with, so it’s no trouble to mix them together separately. If you wish to serve them over ice, do so; or use refrigerator-cold lemonade instead.

However, the liqueur is high in alcohol at around 40% ABV, which should prevent further bacterial growth and studies show that raw egg eggnogs are safe, especially if aged since all salmonella is destroyed after a while. Allow the advocaat to age before eating to eliminate any concerns about food poisoning caused by uncooked eggs. To get the most taste and benefit, use top-quality eggs. The Dutch discovered a beverage called abacate, which was said to have come from places like Java or Brazil and comprised of rum and avocado, according to the tale. The table below contains all postcodes on a two day service. Please note all deliveries to Northern Ireland are also on a 3-5 days service. A pale, custard colour in appearance, a snowball gets its name thanks to the dome of white foam at the top of the drink – which occurs when you mix the ingredients together.

The Dutch word vla, which is similar to the English word fla, means both “custard” and “eggnog.” The addition of advocaat gives it an eggnog-like flavor while providing a twist on American eggnog.

Once you’ve opened it, it’s important to finish the bottle within six months – but that shouldn’t be too difficult! What Foods Pair Well With Advocaat? One thing that’s guaranteed to ruin a Snowball, according to Charles, is not using good quality lemonade. ‘Use one such as R Whites,’ he says ‘which has good carbonation and intense sweetness.’ How to make a Snowball drink Snowball Ingredients To imitate the avocado, the Dutch tried using egg yolks. The term advocaat refers to both a lawyer and an avocado in Dutch. In contrast, advocaatpeer is the Dutch word for avocado.Pour Warninks into a large coupe glass, top with cream soda and scoop of vanilla ice cream. Pour coffee over the ice cream as you serve for that wow-factor! Finish with freshly grated nutmeg and/or coffee beans, and serve with a small spoon. Given the beverage’s proximity to eggnog, which is known in many nations, it is doubtful that the Dutch invented it from the avocado variety, despite their similar-sounding names. Advocaat is a traditional Dutch liqueur made from a mixture of egg yolks, vanilla, sugar and alcohol, (the leading brand, Warninks, is part of the mighty De Kuyper group). It’s essentially boozy custard and who doesn’t like boozy custard? The combination of eggs and booze is an ancient one. There are many old English recipes for drinks like possets and flips involving alcohol, spices, milk or cream and eggs. Some of these would have been heated with a red hot poker. An ale treated as such was said to be ‘nogged’ which is one possible derivation of the word eggnog. Though it might have come from England, the Americans really took to nogging in a big way. David A. Embury in The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks has a whole subchapter on ‘nogs’; there are many different kinds but all contain eggs, alcohol or some sort, milk and/or cream and sugar, lots and lots of sugar. So not that different to advocaat. Incidentally, the word probably comes from the Dutch for lawyer. Advocaat is not to be confused with Eggnog, another popular Christmas drink which has milk, cream and rum in it (as well as the eggs and sugar).