Homemade Advocaat I

Boy, is advocaat delicious! (I usually get a bottle of it from the Dutch-America store and skip the above...:) this delicious Dutch drink is actually eaten with a spoon! one more from from Holland with love ... the Dutch national drink!!

Ingredients

 * 10 eggs
 * ½ level teaspoon salt
 * 275 grams sugar
 * 4 dl cognac
 * 1½ level teaspoons vanilla essence (extract, i think)

Directions

 * 1) Separate the eggs and beat the yolks with the salt and the sugar, until the mixture is thick and creamy.
 * 2) Beat in the cognac, very slowly and put the mixture into a double saucepan.
 * 3) Heat gently, whisking all the time until the advocaat is warm (not hot) and thick.
 * 4) Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla essence.
 * 5) Pour into a jug.
 * 6) advocaat is served in a glass and eaten with a teaspoon.
 * 7) It can also be topped with whipped cream.
 * 8) Also, might i add, that advocaat is nothing like the eggnog here in America.
 * 9) It is thick and creamy — not foamy at all.