Sunday, November 21, 2010

How to Make an Egg Cream, Brooklyn Style.

Last month, I talked about Brooklyn's best cheesecake, from Junior's. Well, they also have a pretty good egg cream.  An egg cream is made with chocolate syrup, milk and topped off with seltzer.  They say egg creams were invented in Brooklyn, although I have no idea why they call it an egg cream since there are no eggs in the drink.  I was at the supermarket and saw that they had U-bet chocolate syrup.  I was pretty excited about it, because U-bet is the chocolate syrup they use at Junior's and the syrup is made locally in Brooklyn!  I love supporting local businesses, so when I saw it at the supermarket, I had to get a bottle.
I had bought this pint jar from Junior's, written on it are the how-to directions on making a chocolate egg cream.  This glass gives you an outline on how much syrup to pour, how much milk and how much seltzer.  Update (if you can't see the glass well): The ratio is about 1 inch of syrup, 1 3/4 inch of milk, and the rest seltzer.  I've made this a couple of times, and my hubby came up with the idea of mixing the milk and syrup together first and then pour in the seltzer and stir a tiny bit.  That seemed to work the best.
Mix it up with a spoon and you get a chocolate frothy drink.  Just like how I remember it as a kid!  Delicious.

7 comments:

  1. I've heard of it, but never tried it.

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  2. Just read an article in Edible Manhattan about egg creams. I've never tried one, in all my years here! How do you mix it? Blender? Spoon? It looks pretty frothy.

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  3. I've had egg creams. They're great! Not quite what I expected when I first ordered it, but great. Not heavy like chocolate milk, and fun with the fizz. I would love to have one right now!!

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  4. Cool glass. Luv that you don't have to measure or guess.

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  5. So that's what an egg cream is, I had no idea. I'm going to give this a try, thanks for sharing!

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  6. Having lived in New York....Long Island....North Shore..etc. I have had a few egg creams. The best was in Brooklyn, at a deli in Park Slope!! Oh my, The memories!Ahhhh!!

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