This Christmas, Anita Belén shares one more of her recipes: eggnog

Ana Belen Guevara Frugone It is better known in the networks as Anita Belenthe Guayaquil woman who gives cooking recipes in In contact. However, what many do not know about the young woman is that she has managed to attract 126,000 followers of her on her Instagram, @lasrecetasdeanitabelen thanks to his studies in advertising and marketing.

“After school I wanted to be a chef but my parents are very academic and they told me that if I wanted to cook, I should make ‘lunch’ and I didn’t want to do that, so I studied this career and I really liked it,” he told the newspaper the universeIn an interview.

Today, that career that made her turn her back on her passion is the one that helped her develop in other areas that she would put into practice later in her life. When she finished college, Anita Belen He worked in businesses related to restaurants and food, but he did not stop sharing photos of the desserts he made at home on his social networks.

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“People started ordering me, so I quit the coffee shop where I worked as head of marketing in 2014 and went into selling candy. In 2016 I started knocking on doors because I wanted to go on television teaching cooking, since I realized that many people were miscopying the recipes that I uploaded”, confesses the 32-year-old blogger.

Nowadays, Anita Belen He has already studied at a cooking school French in Madrid, and a year ago he opened his first store in Guayaquil, called Anita Belén’s Workshop, located in Aventura Plaza, in central urdesa. “’El obrador’ means artisan pastry and bakery workshop and we focus on artisan sweets and bread, we have, for example, salprieta bread or purple corn bread.

Apart from selling sweet and salt desserts, the Ecuadorian woman also has a cooking blog, “the most followed pastry blog in the country,” she mentions; as well as cookbooks for children and adults. “This December I released a book for moms to cook with their kids, called Cat Girl Recipes”whose name alludes to his daughter’s nickname.

“The book is dedicated to her and to the children who like to cook with their parents. It has 30 recipes that are divided into celebrations of the year such as Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day or Children’s Day, ”she adds.

This Christmas, Anita Belen shares one more of his recipes, “there is nothing richer than a eggnog classic Christmas and it is super simple, with ingredients that surely everyone has at home”, he assures.

Eggnog Recipe

• 4 cups of milk – 1 liter
• 1 cup of sugar – 200 gr
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence – 10 ml
• 1 piece of orange peel
• 6 egg yolks – 180 gr
• 1 cups of heavy cream – 250 ml
• 1/2 can of condensed milk – 200 ml
• 2 cups of brandy

Instructions

1. Place the milk, sugar, orange zest, and vanilla essence in a saucepan and then reduce the heat to low for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally so it doesn’t overflow.
2. Blend the egg yolks with the condensed milk. Add the heavy cream and place in a large bowl.
3. Add half of the hot milk into the egg mixture, stirring with a hand whisk until smooth. Spoon the entire mixture over the hot milk mixture and stir well.
4. Cook over low heat, mixing constantly until the eggnog waits. It is important not to let it stir to avoid burning, cutting or forming lumps.
5. When you have the desired texture, remove from heat and let cool. When the mixture is at room temperature, add the hot water. Refrigerate four hours before serving. (AND)