Cookbook:Baked custard

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[edit] Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• ½ cup (120g) sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 quart (946ml) milk
• butter or shortening

[edit] Procedure

1. Beat eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla together.
2. Scald milk and add very slowly, stirring constantly. (See Tempering)
3. Put into greased or buttered baking dish or small molds; place in pan of water in slow oven and bake 30 to 40 minutes.
4. Test with knife which will come out clean when custard is baked.

[edit] Tips and Variations

• For caramel custard add to eggs 4 tablespoons of caramel sauce.

• A meringue, or frosting for the top, requires about a tablespoonful of fine sugar to the beaten white of one egg; to be placed on the top after the custard or pudding is baked, smoothed over with a broad-bladed knife dipped in cold water, and replaced in the oven to brown slightly.

• Applesauce or quince preserves can be placed in the bottom of the dish before baking. When set, add some more quince or apple sauce (heated) on the top with some chopped almonds and serve hot. When starting with fresh fruit, stew it (optionally, with sugar to taste), flavoring with the rind of a half lemon, and pass it through a sieve, or use a food processor. The resulting puree can be decorated with some thin lemon peel cut into stars.