Egg Custard
I'm following my previous post and sending a recipe for an Egg
Custard, maybe this is what your Grandmother used to bake in the oven, anyway give it a
go, I'm sure you'd like it. Recipe coming up.
Regards from
Jim Kindon, Plymouth, England.
Egg Custard
Cooking time 1 - 2 hours
Ingredients
For a lightly set custard.
2 Eggs**
1 Pint milk
1 Tablespoon sugar
For a firm custard
3 - 4 Eggs**
1 Pint milk
1 Tablespoon sugar
To Bake
1 Whisk eggs with the sugar.
2 Pour over the milk, then strain into a buttered dish.
3 Stand the dish in another of cold water. This is to prevent
it from curdling.
4 Cook for 1 - 2 hours in a very slow oven at 275 degrees F -
Gas Mk 1 until quite firm.
To Steam
1 Put the dish in a steamer covered with buttered paper.
2 The water underneath must never boil. It should be
sufficiently cool that you can just bear your finger in it.
3 Steaming will take approximately 2 hours.
Note : Custards can be topped with grated nutmeg befor cooking or
flavoured with a little chocolate, coffee essence etc.
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