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Pomada (Pomada)

A festive Christmas drink made from milk, eggs and rum, flavoured with cinnamon and nutmeg. Served warm or cold during the year-end holidays in Curaçao.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Heat the milk with the cinnamon sticks over low heat until it simmers, then remove from the heat.
  2. In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar until the mixture is frothy and pale.
  3. Pour the warm milk over the eggs while whisking constantly.
  4. Return the mixture to the saucepan and cook over very low heat, stirring, until it thickens slightly.
  5. Remove from the heat, add the vanilla, ground cinnamon and nutmeg.
  6. Gradually stir in the rum, then let it cool.
  7. Serve cool or lukewarm, sprinkling cinnamon over each glass.

Variations and tips

Children's version. Leave out the rum and double the vanilla for a treat the whole family can enjoy.

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Original Ecomely recipe.