Welsh Custard
A historical recipe from The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience, by Mary Harrison (1905).
A historical recipe
The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience, by Mary Harrison (1905). Project Gutenberg eBook #29007.
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From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience, by Mary Harrison (1905). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #29007 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29007). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- 3 oz. of castor sugar
- 2 teaspoonfuls of ground ginger
- ¾ pint of water
- one pint of pulp if
- a glass dish
- 3 whole eggs
Method
- Ingredients--2 lb.
- of apples.
- The thin rind of a lemon.
- Juice of half a lemon.
- 3 oz.
- of castor sugar.
- 2 teaspoonfuls of ground ginger.
- 3 whole eggs.
- ¾ pint of water.
- Method.--Wash and cut up the apples.
- Stew them until tender with the sugar, lemon rind and juice, ginger, and water.
- Rub them through a hair sieve (there should be about one pint of pulp if the stewing has been very gentle).
- Beat the eggs, and strain them into the apple pulp.
- Pour the custard into a jug.
- Put it to stand in a saucepan of boiling water, and stir until it thickens, taking care that it does not curdle.
- Stir occasionally while it is cooling, and serve in custard glasses or on a glass dish.