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                              Boiled Custard

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Serving Size  : 0    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Desserts

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      quart         milk
   3                    well-beaten egg yolks
   1                    egg white
     1/2  cup           sugar (or to taste)
   3                    rounded Tbsp flour
   2                    egg whites
   1      tsp           vanilla

To the milk add the three egg yolks and one egg white; reserve the other
two egg whites.  Add sugar to which the flour has been added and cook in
a double boiler until slightly thickened.  It will be thicker when it
cools.  Beat the remaining two egg whites and fold into hot custard. 
Custard added to egg whites makes a smoother custard than egg whites
added to custard.  Add vanilla and chill.  This was my great-grandmother
Bessie's recipe, which my grandmother still makes at Christmas. 
Excellent with just a little nutmeg sprinkled on the top.

Diane Geary


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