Savoury Custard

Ingredients

• 2 yolks of eggs
• 1 white of egg
• 1 gill of beef-tea
• ½ oz. of butter
• a small pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Whisk the yolks and white of egg well together in a basin; stir in the cold beef-tea.

2. 2

   Butter slightly a cup or small jar; put the mixture in; cover with a slightly-buttered paper.

3. 3

   Place this in a pan of boiling water, the water coming half-way up the jar.

4. 4

   Steam thus for about twenty minutes, taking care not to shake the jar, which would curdle the custard.

5. 5

   Serve either hot or cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The school cookery book (1881), page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Savoury Custard —Required: 2 yolks of eggs: r white of egg; i g,M of beef-tea; g 02. ofbutfr- a small pinch of salt

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