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BOILED    CUSTARD
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BOILED CUSTARD

3 ingredients 14 steps internet_archive
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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 pint of milk into a tin pail
  • two eggs
  • 7 when the milk is at boiling-point we add the eggs

Directions

1

1 We put a pint of milk into a tin pail.

2

2 We put this pail into a kettle of boiling water.

3

3 We measure a table-spoonful of corn-starch into a cup, and wet it with a little of the pint of milk (cold).

4

4 We break two eggs, whites and yolks separately.

5

5 We beat the sugar with the yolks.

6

6 We add the milk and corn-starch to the yolks.

7

7 When the milk is at boiling-point we add the eggs, sugar, and corn-starch.

8

8 We stand by and stir till it thickens and tastes cooked.

9

9 We stand it in a cool place.

10

10 We put a pan of boiling water on the stove.

11

1 1 We beat the whites very stiff and drop in heaps on the boiling water.

12

12 We add the flavoring to the custard, and turn it into a dish.

13

13 We drain the whites out with a skimmer on to an inverted sieve.

14

14 We slip them carefully on the custard. Now it is finished.

By Huntington, Emily, 1841-1909 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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