Steamed Custards

Place cups in a steamer or in pan of boiling water. Place towel under cover to absorb moisture.

Caramel

Ingredients:

1 c. sugar 1/2 c. boiling water

Method:

Melt sugar in iron pan over a low flame. Move gently with a knife and occasionally change position of pan to prevent burning the sugar. When the sugar has melted to a brown sirup, add the boiling water and simmer a little longer. Strain.

Caramel Custard I Prepare caramel and add it to the scalded milk. Note : The caramel is in the custard.

Caramel Custard II

Prepare caramel and divide it equally among the custard cups. Place a spoon in the cup and pour the custard slowly down it. This keeps the two from mixing.

Note : The caramel is a sauce for the custard, when turned out.

Custard

Ingredients:

1 pt. milk 4 tbsp. sugar

2 eggs or 4 yolks 1/8 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Chocolate Custard 1/2 oz. chocolate to 1 pt. milk

Melt chocolate in a double boiler and add the scalded milk to it a teaspoonful at a time until smooth. The remainder may be added rapidly.

Note : Follow directions carefully so the chocolate will not separate.

Variations

Floating Island

Soft custard served in glasses with meringue on top. Garnish with jellies or cherries.

Tapioca Or Rice Custard

Ingredients:

1/4 c. rice or pearl tapioca 2 c. milk 2 eggs

2/3 c. sugar 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla

Method:

Cook soaked tapioca or rice in the scalded milk. Proceed as for plain custard.

a. Cook in double boiler as a soft custard.

b. Bake in buttered pudding dish as a baked custard.

Bread Puddings

Soak stale bread crumbs from inside of loaf in scalded milk 30 minutes. Prepare custard with other ingredients. Bake in buttered pudding dish as a baked custard.

Save whites of eggs for a meringue.

Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

2 c. crumbs 1 qt. milk 1/3 c. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

2 eggs grated nutmeg

1 c. raisins or currants

Queen Of Puddings

Spread a baked bread pudding with jam or jelly before placing meringue on top.

Chocolate Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

2 oz. chocolate 1 tsp. vanilla and ingredients for plain Bread Pudding

Food Values Baked Custard

Material

Measure

Weight Grams

Protein Grams

Fat

Grams

Carbohydrate Grams

Total Calories

$ Cost

Calcium

(Calc. as CaO)

Grams

Phosphorus

(Calc. as P2O5)

Grams

Iron Grams

Milk . . .

2 C.

443.2

14.62

17.7

22.16

306

.045

.70

.92

.001

Eggs . . .

2

98.1

13.14

10.3

145

.06

.087

.348

.0027

Sugar .

4 tbsp.

51.2

51.2

20

.007

Salt . . .

1 1/8 tsp.

Nutmeg .

1/4 tsp.

Total, cooked

4 1/4 c.

574.3

27.76

28.02

73.36

471

.112

.787

1.268

.0037

100-Calorie Portion

1 c.

120.6

5.82

5.8

15.4

100

.023

.165

.266

.0007