Monkey’s tail

Name: Monkey’s tail (Cola de mono)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chilean
Ingredients: 2 cinnamon sticks, plus extra to garnish (optional); 60 ml/4 tbsp white sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp freshly ground nutmeg; 5 cloves; 2.25 litres/3¾ pints/9 cups whole (full-fat) milk; 45 ml/3 tbsp espresso coffee; 3 egg yolks; 275 ml/9 fl oz/generous 1 cup brandy

Cola de mono

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Cooking of Chile

By Boris Basso Benelli

Published 2014

About

This delicious drink, with its strange name, is especially popular during the Christmas season, as well as for special occasions at other times of the year. It is made with Chilean brandy, milk, coffee, sugar and spices and served ice cold.

Ingredients

2.25 litres/3¾ pints/9 cups whole (full-fat) milk
2.5

Method

Put the milk, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves in a pan over a medium heat and heat until boiling. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes to infuse with the spices.
Meanwhile, in a bowl, beat the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and thick. R