Coquito Recipe With No Eggs
Coquito is a rich and creamy coconut beverage with Caribbean roots that often debuts during the holiday season. This Puerto Rican version of eggnog includes rum and can be made without eggs.
One of my favorite things about this time of year is all the delicious food and flavors often associated with the season. For whatever reason, these big holiday meals are the one time a year that our CubaRican heritage really shines through in the kitchen. I mean, I make Cuban food year-round, but during the holidays, we go all out.
Traditionally, you can expect to see a roasted pig with sides like black beans and rice, yucca, and fried plantains at our family’s Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) celebrations. I’m also known to whip up a batch of coquito to have on hand when we start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. And I make sure to keep the fridge stocked with this traditional Puerto Rican holiday drink throughout the end of the year.
There’s always some sort of debate when it comes to these traditional dishes. Picadillo– a ground beef and tomato dish, for example. Raisins or no raisins; olives or no olives? For me, it’s a yes to both. When it comes to coquito, the great debate is whether or not to include eggs.
In the past, I’ve always included egg yolks in the recipe when I made coquito. Usually raw. However, when I most recently made a batch of coquito for our neighborhood brunch, I decided to leave the eggs out. I didn’t want to creep the neighbors out with a raw egg beverage. Plus, it’s not prime coquito drinking season until after Thanksgiving, so leaving out the eggs helps extend the shelf life.
That was a good call on my part, as the brunch had plenty of other drinks, so I went home with a mostly full bottle for myself. I’m not complaining!
Whipping up a batch of coquito with no eggs is essentially the same as a recipe that does contain eggs. Toss all of the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. I like to store in a glass container, with a few cinnamon sticks for some extra flavor. Since you’re excluding the eggs from this recipe, it has the potential to keep in the refrigerator for much longer.
Coquito Recipe With No Eggs
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) can Evaporated milk
- 1 (14 ounce) can Sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (15 ounce) can Cream of coconut
- 1 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice blend (or ground cinnamon)
- 1 cup white Rum, more or less to taste
- 2 Cinnamon sticks
Instructions
- In a blender, combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream of coconut, and pumpkin spice. Blend on high until smooth and frothy.
- Pour rum into blender and blend again, until mixed through completely.
- Pour mixture from blender into an airtight container and store in the fridge. Serve cold.
