Soft Boiled Custard

Name: Soft Boiled Custard
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 6 servings Ground nutmeg; 710 milliliters milk; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters whipping cream

Soft Boiled Custard requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. For 78 cents per serving, you get If you have sugar, ground nutmeg, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Combine milk and whipping cream in top of a double boiler. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly, until milk mixture is warm.

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Whipping Cream

Water

Milk

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Double Boiler

Combine eggs and sugar in a small mixing bowl; beat well.

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Sugar

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Gradually stir one-fourth of hot milk mixture into egg mixture; add to remaining hot milk mixture, stirring well. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly with a metal spoon, until mixture begins to thicken and coats the spoon.

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Water

Milk

Egg

Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature; chill.

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Vanilla