Almond nog blancmange

There are some foodw that have always seemed mysterious to me. Egg nog is one of them.

I never had as it as an omnivore or as a vegetarian, but for some reason I had a hunger for egg nog this year. Nothing else would do - I wanted something vegan and egg noggy. Granted it would have helped if I'd have known what egg nog was, or what it had in it, or even what it should have tasted like.

I came up with this, minus the agar agar, as a drink and I was rather fond of it. Then I wondered what would happen if I turned it into a blancmange - another foodstuff that hold some sway over my imagination.

Here's what happened...

Almond nog blancmange

Ingredients

300mls of almond and hazelnut flavour rice milk

3g of agar agar powder

25mls of Amaretto or more to taste

A few drops of vanilla extract

Dessertspoon of maple syrup or more to taste

Grating of nutmeg

Pinch of cinnamon

How you do it

Heat the milk gently with the agar agar for five to 10 minutes, until the agar agar powder has dissolved.

Stir in the rest of the ingredients.

Once mixed, pour into a jelly mould and leave to set, in the fridge or not - either way it'll firm up quite quickly.