Soft Custard

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• i c. sugar
• Spk. salt
• i ts. vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs slightly, beating in the sugar and salt.

2. 2

   Add the hot milk slowly, stirring the mixture all the while.

3. 3

   Pour it into a double boiler and cook it, stirring it constantly until the custard coats the spoon (about five minutes).

4. 4

   Strain it at once, add the vanilla.

5. 5

   Serve it cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Household science and arts (1913) by Josephine Morris, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i c. sugar i ts. salt i ts. nutmeg RECIPE 96. 2 c. scalded milk 2 eggs 4 tbs. sugar Spk. salt i ts. vanilla RECIPE 97. 2 eggs i ts. salt Spk. pepper BAKED CUSTARD Scald the milk. Beat the eggs slightly. Add the sugar, salt, and nutmeg, and beat the eggs again ; pour on the scalded milk, stirring the mixture while pouring in the milk. Strain the mixture into buttered custard cups. Put the cups into a pan of water in a moderate oven and let the custard cook until it is firm, or until a knife put into the center of the custard comes out clean, or, steam the custards in a steamer. SOFT CUSTARD

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