Seems Blogger has been playing fast and loose with the posts, so I'm re-posting this week's Recipe Wednesday!
SIMPLE BAKED CUSTARD
4 c. milk
6 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla extract
(Nutmeg for sprinkling)
Preheat oven to 325 deg. F.
Scald milk in a pan, cool slightly. In a bowl, stir together the rest of the ingredients (except nutmeg) just until blended. Pour the custard into a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, and sprinkle with nutmeg. Set the baking dish inside a shallow pan in the oven. Pour hot water into the shallow pan up to 1 inch. Bake 1 hour, or until a knife in the center comes out clean. Remove immediately from the water bath and place on a wire rack to cool. Chill, makes 8 servings.
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VARIATIONS:
CARAMEL CUSTARD:
Increase sugar to 1 cup. In a small, heavy skillet, over medium heat, melt sugar, stirring constantly, to an amber-colored syrup. Gradually stir melted sugar into scalded milk until dissolved. Proceed as above.
COCONUT CUSTARD:
Add 1/2 cup shredded coconut, and omit
the nutmeg.
CHOCOLATE CUSTARD:
Add 2 squares (2 oz.) unsweetened chocolate to the milk before it is scalded.
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EASY - YUMMY - FUN COMFORT FOOD!
(My kids call it "Spoon Food"!)
“You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.”
-Alexander Pope (English Poet, 1688-1744)
"Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard.”
-Spike Milligan
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