*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                             Boiled Custard

Recipe By     :
Serving Size  : 0    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Desserts

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1      quart         milk
  3                    well-beaten egg yolks
  1                    egg white
    1/2  cup           sugar (or to taste)
  3                    rounded Tbsp flour
  2                    egg whites
  1      tsp           vanilla

To the milk add the three egg yolks and one egg white; reserve the other
two egg whites.  Add sugar to which the flour has been added and cook in
a double boiler until slightly thickened.  It will be thicker when it
cools.  Beat the remaining two egg whites and fold into hot custard.
Custard added to egg whites makes a smoother custard than egg whites
added to custard.  Add vanilla and chill.  This was my great-grandmother
Bessie's recipe, which my grandmother still makes at Christmas.
Excellent with just a little nutmeg sprinkled on the top.

Diane Geary


                  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -