Arrowroot Custard
From Recipes for the million, 1891
Serves 2
Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
Ingredients
- a tablespoonful of arrowroot
- a pint of boiling milk
- an egg previously beaten
- a tablespoonful of sugar
Method
Mix a tablespoonful of arrowroot with a little cold milk, and stir it into a pint of boiling milk, with an egg and a tablespoonful of sugar previously beaten together.
Let it scald, then stir in a few drops of flavouring, and pour it into cups.
As published
This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
ARROWROOT CUSTARD. — Mix a tablespoonful of arrowroot with a little cold milk, and stir it into a pint of boiling milk, with an egg and a tablespoonful of sugar
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