Boiled Custard

Ingredients

• 4 eggs (yolks)
• 1 pint of boiling milk
• 1 dessert-spoon of brandy
• sugar

Method

1. 1

   Boil the milk and sugar.

2. 2

   Have ready in a basin the well-beaten yolks of the eggs, and pour gradually over them the boiling milk, stirring all the time; pour the custard back in the saucepan and set it in another saucepan of boiling water, stirring till it thickens, but do not put it on the fire again.

3. 3

   When cooling add the brandy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "A1" cookery book (1901) by H. N. L., page 70. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Custard. — 4 eggs (yolks), 1 pint of boiling milk, 1 dessert-spoon of brandy, sugar

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