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CURRANT CUSTARD
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CURRANT CUSTARD

9 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

178
Calories
7g
Protein
11g
Fat
14g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49

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

  • ten ounces of sugar
  • one ounce of the sugar
  • a pint of clear currant-juice ten ounces of sugar
  • a pint of rich cream
  • eight well-beaten eggs
  • two tablespoonsful of strained lemon-juice
  • 1 pint
  • 1/2 pint
  • 2 tablespoonsful

Directions

1

Boil in a pint of clear currant-juice ten ounces of sugar for three minutes, take off the scum, and pour the boiling juice on eight well-beaten eggs; thicken the custard in a jug set into a pan of water, pour it out, stir it till nearly cold, then add to it carefully, and by degrees, half a pint of rich cream, and last of all two tablespoonsful of strained lemon-juice. When the currants are very ripe omit one ounce of the sugar.

2

White currants and strawberries, cherries, red or white raspberries, or a mixture of any of these fruits, may be used for these custards with good effect: they are excellent.

3

Currant-juice, 1 pint; sugar, 10 oz.: 3 minutes. Eggs, 8; cream, 1/2 pint; lemon-juice, 2 tablespoonsful.

By Eliza Acton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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