Cornflour Custard

Ingredients

• ½ pint Milk
• 1 Egg
• 1 dessertspoonful Cornflour
• Sugar
• Flavouring

Method

1. 1

   Put the milk into a saucepan to boil, mix the cornflour with a spoonful of cold milk, and when the milk in the saucepan is nearly boiling, stir it in and continue stirring till it boils.

2. 2

   Let it boil two or three minutes, then draw the saucepan away from the fire, beat in the yolk of the egg and flavouring.

3. 3

   Put back on the fire and bring to boiling point; it is then ready for use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of living in Australia (1893) by Philip E. Muskett, page 228. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CORNFLOUR CUSTARD. ^ pint Milk ItZ. lEgg U. 1 dessertspoonful Cornflour . • "l i ; Sugar and Flavouring . . . J ' Total Cost— 3«i. Time— 5 Minutes. Put the milk into a saucepan to boil, mix the cornflour with a spoonful of cold milk, and when the milk in the saucepan is nearly boiling, stir it in and continue stirring till it boils. Let it boil two or three minutes, then draw the saucepan away from the fire, beat in the yolk of the egg and flavouring. Put back on the fire and bring to boiling point; it is then ready for use. This is a good sauce for plum or other puddings and fruit tarts. coojCeby recipes, ic 389 BACHELORS' BUTTONS. 6 oz. Flour \d. 2 oz. Sugar ..... \d. \ teaspoonful Carbonate of Soda ."^ 1 oz. Butter I „ , 1 teaspoonful Cream of Tartar . . [ ' 6 drops Essence of Almonds . .J Total Cost-3fZ. Time— 10 Minutes Rub the butter into the flour, stir in the sugar, carbonate of soda, and cream of tartar ; mix into a stiff dough with the egg and flavouring. Eoll into small balls about the size of a marble ; toss in coarse sugar, put on to a greased baking sheet, and bake from five to eight minutes. PRINCE OF WALES CAKES. i lb. Flour U. \ lb. Cornflour Id. 1 gill Milk U. \ teaspoonful Baking Powder . . \d. 2 oz. Butter 2d. 1 Egg Id. Flavouring ..... \d. 2 oz. Sugar ..... \d.. Total Qost—&ld. Time— 20 Minutes. Mix the flour, cornflour, and baking powder together, beat the butter and sugar to a cream, beat in the egg, flavouring, and milk, then the flour, &c., and continue to beat for five minutes. Butter some small bun tins, half fill them with the mixture, put into a moderate oven and bake for about twenty minutes ; stand on a sieve till cold. NORMANDY PUDDING. 2 Stale Buns Id. lEgg Id. I pint Milk

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.