Coffee Custard

Ingredients

• a cupful of strong, clear coffee
• four times the quantity of boiling milk
• three tablespoonfuls of finely-sifted sugar
• a good pinch of salt
• the yolks of five eggs

Method

1. 1

   Mix thoroughly a cupful of strong, clear coffee with four times the quantity of boiling milk, three tablespoonfuls of finely-sifted sugar, and a good pinch of salt; mix in very gradually the yolks of five eggs, well beaten.

2. 2

   Stir the custard over a moderate fire until it thickens, pour it into cups, and serve cold.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 399. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coffee Custard. — IMix thoroughly a cup- ful of strong, clear coft'ee, with four times the quantity of boiling milk, three table- spoonfuls of finely-sifted sugar, and a good pinch of salt ; mix in very gradually the yolks of five eggs, well beaten. Stir the custard over a moderate fire until it thickens, pour it into cups, and serve cold. Sufficient for six persons. Pro- bable cost. Is. for this quantity. Coffee, Essence of, to prepare.— Pour a breakfast-cupful of boiling milk over a dessert-spoonful of the essence of coffee, and stir the mixture until it is smoothly blended. It is a good plan to keep the essence of coft'ee in the house when any one is in the habit of leaving early in the morning. With it a comforting cup of coft'ee may be made with very little trouble in a short time. Sufficient, thi-ee des- sert-si;)Oonfuls for a breakfast-cupful. Probable cost, Is. lOd. per pint bottle. Coffee, French method.— Pom- a pint of boiling water upon two and a half ounces of freshly-ground coffee. Put the lid on the coft'ee-pot, and place it on the hob to simmer gently without boiling. Stir it occasionally, and at the end of two hours, take it off the COF ( 150) COL fire, and let it stand for a quarter of an hour to clear. Pour the coffee into the cups, and serve with milk and sugar. Probable cost, 2s. per pound. Sufficient for one pint of cofi'ee. Coffee, Ice Cream.— Mix a breakfast- cupful of strong clear coffee

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