Mrs Beetons Puddings and Desserts Revisited
Baked Apple Custard
12 Large Apples
200ml (7floz) Cold Water
1 Lemon, rind only
Moist Sugar (Soft Brown Sugar)
Custard:
600ml (1 pint) Milk
4 Eggs
50g (2oz) Sugar
Grated Nutmeg
Peel, cut and core the apples.
Put into a saucepan with the cold water and as they heat, bruise to a pulp.
Sweeten with moist sugar (soft brown sugar) and add the grated lemon rind.
When cold, put the fruit at the bottom of a pie dish.
Pour over it a custard, made with the above proportion of milk, eggs and sugar.
Grate a little nutmeg over the top.
Place the dish in a moderate oven and bake for 25 to 35 minutes.
The above proportions will make rather a large dish.
Time: 25 to 35 minutes.
Sufficient for 6 or 7 persons.
Seasonable from July to March.
BAKED APPLE CUSTARD
1389. INGREDIENTS - 1 dozen large apples, moist sugar to taste, 1 small teacupful of cold water, the grated rind of one lemon, 1 pint of milk, 4 eggs, 2 oz. of loaf sugar.
Mode - Peel, cut, and core the apples; put them into a lined saucepan with the cold water, and as they heat, bruise them to a pulp; sweeten with moist sugar, and add the grated lemon-rind. When cold, put the fruit at the bottom of a pie-dish, and pour over it a custard, made with the above proportion of milk, eggs, and sugar; grate a little nutmeg over the top, place the dish in a moderate oven, and bake from 25 to 35 minutes. The above proportions will make rather a large dish.
Time - 25 to 35 minutes.
Average cost, 1s. 4d.
Sufficient for 6 or 7 persons.
Seasonable from July to March.
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