Here just in time for the holiday season, this eggnog pie recipe turns a classic Christmas beverage into a delicious and festive dessert. From Alison Roman at BuzzFeed, the homemade treat turns the essential elements of the drink -- dairy, eggs, sugar, nutmeg and alcohol -- into a pie format.
The eggnog pie recipe features a cookie crumb crust made out of crushed gingersnaps. Other key ingredients include grated nutmeg, kosher salt, sugar and unsalted butter. The pie filling consists of more unsalted butter, sugar and kosher salt plus milk, heavy cream, egg yolks, cornstarch, bourbon or rum. The whole thing is topped with homemade whipped cream with added nutmeg and gingersnap cookies.
If you have any holiday parties to go to, this would be a welcome addition.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Holiday-inspired Desserts
- The popularity of holiday-inspired desserts like festive beverage pies presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for bakeries and restaurants to offer new and creative dessert options during the holiday season.
- Alcohol-infused Treats
- The rise of alcohol-infused treats like eggnog pie presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for food and beverage companies to incorporate familiar alcohol flavors into new and unique dessert products.
- Creative Crusts
- The use of creative cookie crumb crusts like gingersnaps in eggnog pie presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for bakeries and restaurants to experiment with new crust flavors and textures in their desserts.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Bakery
- Holiday-inspired desserts like festive beverage pies present a disruptive innovation opportunity for bakeries to offer new and unique dessert options during the holiday season.
- Restaurant
- The popularity of holiday-inspired desserts like festive beverage pies presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for restaurants to incorporate seasonal flavors into their dessert menus.
- Food and Beverage
- The rise of alcohol-infused treats like eggnog pie presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for food and beverage companies to develop new and unique dessert products that incorporate familiar alcohol flavors.
