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TO  MAKE  CUSTARD
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TO MAKE CUSTARD

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

227
Calories
14g
Protein
13g
Fat
13g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • a quart of milk quite hot
  • six eggs

Directions

1

MAKE a quart of milk quite hot, that it may not whey when baked; let it stand to get cold, and then mix six eggs with it; sweeten it with loaf sugar, and

2

THE VIRGINIA HOUSEWIFE. 147

3

fill the custard cups — put on the covers, and set them in a Dutch oven with water, but not enough to risk Us boiling into the cups; do not put on the top of the oven. When the water has boiled ten or fifteen minutes, take out a cup, and if the custard be the con- sistence of jelly, it is sufficiently done; serve them in the cups with the covers on, and a tea-spoon on the dish between each cup — grate nutmeg on the tops when cold.

By Randolph, Mary, 1762-1828 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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