Chocolate Custard

Ingredients

• One quart of rich milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 ounces of Baker's chocolate
• 1 heaping tablespoon of flour
• 1 coffee cup of granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Put milk in double boiler; when it boils stir in the chocolate, after making it into a smooth paste with hot water.

2. 2

   When it boils pour on the well-beaten eggs, sugar and flour and return to the fire.

3. 3

   Cook tolerably thick, then add vanilla.

4. 4

   Serve very cold, with whipped cream.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 171. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

One quart of rich milk, 2 eggs, 2 ounces of Baker's chocolate, 1 heaping tablespoon of flour, 1 coffee cup of granulated sugar, 1 tea- spoon of vanilla. Put milk in double boiler; when it boils stir in the chocolate, after making it into a smooth paste with hot water. When it boils pour on the well-beaten eggs, sugar and flour and re- turn to the fire. Cook tolerably thick, then add vanilla. Serve very cold, with whipped cream. Orange Tapioca. Fill a bowl half full of sliced oranges and pineapple. Have ready 1% cups of tapioca made into jelly (the tapioca is cooked with cold water), and 1 teacup of granulated sugar. Beat this jelly until almost cold, then pour over the fruit. Sweeten 1 pint of cream, and whip until stiff, and pile on top of bowl, when ready to serve. Boiled Custard. Allow a dessertspoon of sugar to each egg (5 yolks are sufficient for 1 quart of new milk). Beat yolks and sugar together and stir in the milk. Pour into a double boiler to cook. Stir constantly un* til it thickens a little and is cool. Do not let remain too long. Flavor with vanilla. Stuffed Apples. Peel apples, core them and drop in boiling water. Cook until done. Let get cool and fill with chopped raisins, almonds, and Eng- lish walnuts. Put in pan to brown. Serve cold, with a custard. Custard. Cfne pint of milk, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla

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