Simple Soft Custard

Ingredients

• a quart of milk
• half a teacupful of sugar
• four eggs
• two table-spoonfuls of arrowroot
• one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt
• one teaspoonful of some kind of extract

Method

1. 1

   Heat 1.5 pints of milk in a double-boiler.

2. 2

   Mix arrowroot with a gill of cold milk, stir into hot milk, and cook for 10 minutes.

3. 3

   Beat eggs, sugar, and salt, add remaining cold milk.

4. 4

   Pour boiling milk over egg mixture, stir, and cook for 5 minutes.

5. 5

   Cool and add flavor.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 385. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Simple Soft Custard. This is very plain and light, and may be used with many puddings as a sauce. For a quart of custard there will be required a quart of milk, half a teacupful of sugar, four eggs, two table-spoonfuls of arrowroot, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, and one teaspoonful of some kind of extract

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