On the first day of Christmas, we’re not looking for a partridge in a pear tree, but rather a festive stiff libation. Yep, we said it.<\/p>\n
We’re kicking off the last month of the year by throwing eggnog into our shaker as inspired by\u00a0Nico<\/a> of San Francisco. The restaurant combined\u00a0spiced clementine syrup, Cognac, and a hint of cardamom\u00a0to create a drink that even Santa would sip on. So spread the holiday cheer!<\/p>\n Ingredients<\/strong> Directions <\/strong> Spiced Clementine Syrup<\/em> Cardamom Orgeat<\/em> xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"On the first day of Christmas, we're not looking for a partridge in a pear ...","author":1265,"featured_media":94801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[268],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/29185235\/shutterstock_520207129-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/29185235\/shutterstock_520207129.jpg","formated_date":"December 1, 2016","category_name":"Food & Drink","category_icon":"","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#a1f2f4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Clementine Cardamom Egg Nog<\/strong> recipe courtesy of<\/em> Nico<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n1 1\/2 ounces Vin Jaune
\n1\/2 ounce Cognac
\n1 1\/2 ounces\u00a0spiced clementine syrup
\n1 whole egg
\n1\/2 ounce\u00a0cardamom orgeat<\/p>\n
\n1. Add all ingredients in a boston shaker with no ice
\n2. Shake vigorously for 45-60 seconds
\n3. Add ice and shake for 20 seconds
\n4. Double strain into a tulip or coupe glass
\n5. Garnish with microphones clementine zest<\/p>\n
\n1. Juice 1 pint of clementine juice.
\n2. Pour juice in sauce pot and add \u00bd cup sugar, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, 2 star anise, 3 allspice berries, 15 black peppercorns
\n3. Bring to a high simmer until the liquid reduces by 50% or until the syrup coats a spoon
\n4. Strain off spices and chill<\/p>\n
\n1. Sprout 1 pint of almonds in water for 6-8 hours straining off water and cleaning 2-3 times
\n2. Toast 8 broken up cardamom pods in a pan on medium high heat for about 3-4 minutes
\n3. Add 1 cup sugar to 3\/4 cup water. Bring to a boil then set aside to steep and cool
\n4. Add almonds into a VitaMix and top with cardamom syrup and blend on high for 3-5 minutes
\n5. Strain syrup through a nut milk bag. *Tip – use gloves to strain through bag, as it\u00a0can get sticky<\/p>\n