Southern Eggnog - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 package vanilla pudding mix, the kind you cook
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 quart milk
    3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
    3 egg whites
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/4 cup peach brandy or 1/4 cup Grand Marnier
    1 cup whipping cream
    nutmeg
Preparation
    Combine pudding mix, sugar, and 1/4 cup of the milk in a 2-quart saucepan.
    Add slighly beaten egg yolks and blend well.
    Then add remaining milk; mix well.
    Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil, about 10 minutes.
    Cool.
    Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into cooled pudding mixture.
    Add vanilla and brandy; then chill several hours.
    Just before serving, whip the cream.
    Spoon onto eggnog and sprinkle with nutmeg.

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