Puerto Rico's holiday nog

Just say coquito and you'll smile

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virginvoices.com staff

Coquito, a drink as delightful and festive as it sounds, is a Christmas holiday staple in Puerto Rico. Ingredients vary according to family traditions and tastes, but it’s often made with egg yolks, coconut or condensed milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Some secret recipes have been passed down for generations, and savvy bar chefs compete to create this magic in a glass.

Narciso Morena, a native of Puerto Rico who works for Puerto Rico’s Tourism Company in New York, shares his recipe, which wins rave reviews. He says his secret is no egg, and the use of a spiced Puerto Rican rum, which makes it less like an American egg nog, and well, more like Coquito.

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Narciso’s coquito

Ingredients

1 can cream of coco

2 cans coconut milk

1 can condensed milk

2 cans evaporated milk

Spiced Puerto Rican Rum

Nutmeg

Blend

1 can cream of coco

2 cans coconut milk

Add

1 can condensed milk

2 cans evaporated milk

Finish with

2 cups spiced Puerto Rican rum. Then add nutmeg

Makes three bottles

virginvoices.com photo of Naricso Moreno by D. B. Bostdorf

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