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 CUSTARDS

CUSTARD RULES
SOFT CARAMEL CUSTARD
BAKED CUSTARD
CUP CUSTARD
BOILED CUSTARD
BOILED CUSTARD, OR MOCK CREAM
FRENCH CUSTARD
GERMAN CUSTARD
ALMOND CUSTARD. No. 1.
ALMOND CUSTARD. No. 2.
SNOWBALL CUSTARD
BAKED COCONUT CUSTARD
RECIPES FOR BREADS AND MORE
SOFT CARAMEL CUSTARD
One quart of milk, half a cup of sugar, six eggs, pinch of salt. Put the milk on to boil, reserving a cup. Beat the eggs and add the cold milk to them. Stir the sugar in a small frying pan until it becomes liquid and just begins to smoke. Stir it into the boiling milk; then add the beaten eggs and cold milk and stir constantly until the mixture begins to thicken. Set away to cool. Serve in nice glasses.

BAKED CUSTARD

Beat five fresh eggs, the whites and yolks separately, the yolks with half a cup of sugar, the whites to a stiff froth; then stir them gradually into a quart of sweet rich milk previously boiled and cooled; flavor with extract of lemon or vanilla and a pinch of salt. Rub butter over the bottom and sides of a baking-dish or tin basin; pour in the custard, grate a little nutmeg over and bake in a quick oven. It is better to set the dish in a shallow pan of hot water reaching nearly to the top, the water to be kept boiling until the custard is baked; three-quarters of an hour is generally enough. 
TIP: Run a teaspoon handle into the middle of it; if it comes out clean it is baked sufficiently.

CUP CUSTARD

Six eggs half a cup of sugar, one quart of fresh milk. Beat the eggs and the sugar and milk, and any extract or flavoring you like. Fill your custard cups, sift a little nutmeg or cinnamon over the tops, set them in a moderate oven in a shallow pan half filled with hot water. In about twenty minutes try them with the handle of a teaspoon to see if they are firm. Judgment and great care are needed to attain skill in baking custard, for if left in the oven a minute too long, or if the temperature is too hot, the milk will certainly whey. Serve cold with fresh fruit sugared and placed on top of each. Strawberries, peaches or raspberries, as preferred.

BOILED CUSTARD

Beat seven eggs very light, omitting the whites of two; mix them gradually with a quart of milk and half a cup of sugar; boil in a dish set in another of boiling water; add flavoring. As soon as it comes to the boiling point remove it, or it will be liable to curdle and become lumpy. Whip the whites of the two eggs that remain, adding two heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar. When the custard is cold heap this on top; if in cups, put on a strawberry or a bit of red jelly on each. Set in a cold place till wanted.

BOILED CUSTARD, OR MOCK CREAM

Take two even tablespoons of cornstarch, one quart of milk, three eggs, pinch of salt and a small piece of butter; heat the milk to nearly boiling and add the starch, previously dissolved in a little cold milk; then add the eggs well beaten with four tablespoons of powdered sugar; let it boil up once or twice, stirring it briskly, and it is done. Flavor with lemon, or vanilla, or raspberry, or to suit your taste.
TIP: This custard is a good substitute for ice cream, if served very cold.

FRENCH CUSTARD

One quart of milk, eight eggs, sugar and cinnamon to taste; separate the eggs, beat the yolks until thick, to which add the milk, a little vanilla, and sweeten to taste; put it into a pan or farina kettle, place it over a slow fire and stir it all the time until it becomes custard; then pour it into a pudding-dish to get cold; whisk the whites until stiff and dry; have ready a pan of boiling water on the top of which place the whites; cover and place them where the water will keep sufficiently hot to cause a steam to pass through and cook them; place in a dish (suitable for the table) a layer of custard and white alternately; on each layer of custard grate a little nutmeg with a teaspoon of wine; reserve a layer of white for the cover, over which grate nutmeg; then send to table and eat cold.

GERMAN CUSTARD

Add to a pint of good, rich, boiled custard an ounce of sweet almonds, blanched, roasted and pounded to a paste, and half an ounce of pine-nuts or peanuts, blanched, roasted and pounded; also a small quantity of candied citron cut into the thinnest possible slips; cook the custard as usual and put it in fridge for some hours before using.

ALMOND CUSTARD. No. 1.

Scald and blanch half a pound of shelled sweet almonds and three ounces of bitter almonds, throwing them, as you do them, into a large bowl of cold water. Then pound them one at a time into a paste, adding a few drops of wine or rose-water to them. Beat eight eggs very light with two-thirds of a cup of sugar, then mix together with a quart of rich milk, or part milk and part cream; put the mixture into a saucepan and set it over the fire. Stir it one way until it begins to thicken, but not till it curdles; remove from the fire and when it is cooled put in a glass dish. Having reserved part of the whites of the eggs, beat them to a stiff froth, season with three tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon of lemon extract, spread over the top of the custard. Serve cold.
 

ALMOND CUSTARD. No. 2.

Blanch a quarter of a pound of sweet almonds, pound them, as in No.1 on preceding recipe, with six ounces of fine white sugar and mix them well with the yolks of four eggs; then dissolve one ounce of gelatine in one quart of boiling milk, strain it through a sieve and pour into it the other mixture; stir the whole over the fire until it thickens and is smooth; then pour it into your mold and keep in a cool place, until wanted; when ready to serve dip the mold into warm water, rub it with a cloth and turn out the cream carefully upon your dish.

SNOWBALL CUSTARD

Soak half a package of gelatine in a cup of cold water one hour, to which add a pint of boiling water, stir it until the gelatine is thoroughly dissolved. Then beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth, put two teacups of sugar in the gelatine water first, then the beaten white of egg and one teaspoon of vanilla extract, or the grated rind and the juice of a lemon. Whip it some time until it is all quite stiff and cold. Dip some wine-glasses in cold water and fill them; set in a cold place.
In the meantime, make a boiled custard of the yolks of three of the eggs, with half a cup of sugar and a pint of milk; flavor with vanilla extract. Now after the meringue in the glasses has stood for couple hours, turn them out of the molds, place them in a glass dish and pour this custard around the base.

BAKED COCONUT CUSTARD

Grate as much cocoanut as will weigh a pound. Mix half a pound of powdered white sugar with the milk of the coconut, or with a pint of cream, adding two tablespoons of rose-water or wine. Then stir in gradually a pint of rich milk. Beat to a stiff froth the whites of eight eggs and stir them into the milk and sugar, a little at a time, alternately with the grated coconut; add a teaspoon of powdered nutmeg and cinnamon. Then put the mixture into custard cups and bake them twenty minutes in a moderate oven, set in a pan half filled with boiling water. When cold, sprinkle sugar over them.
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