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Custard: Baked Custards

Source of Recipe

Good Food Magazine


List of Ingredients

2 cups milk -- scalded
3 large eggs -- beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sugar


Recipe

Heat oven to 325ºF. In a medium saucepan, scald the milk. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla and sugar. Carefully whisk some of the hot milk into the egg mixture, pouring in a slow steady stream. Pour custard mixture into 4 6 oz. custard cups and place them in a 8x8 baking pan. Pour 1/2 inch boiling water around the custard cups. Sprinkle nutmeg on the custard, if desired. Bake in the center of the preheated oven for 35 minutes until set, and knife inserted into the middle of the custard comes out clean. Serve warm or chilled. Serves 4.

Variations
CHOCOLATE CUSTARD: Stir in 3 oz. melted semisweet chocolate into the scalded milk and increase sugar to 1/3 c.
ORANGE CUSTARD: Reduce sugar to 2 tbls. and mix in 1/3 c. orange marmalade into the eggs.