Baked Egg Custard
Course: DessertCuisine: VegetarianDifficulty: Difficult
Servings
8
servingsPrep time
15
minutesCooking time
40
minutesTotal time
55
minutesA classic desert. So easy to make. Serve with fresh or tinned fruit and a little grated chocolate.
Ingredients
6 eggs plus 2 yolks
3 tsp vanilla essence
900 ml cream
120 grams caster sugar
nutmeg to dust
Directions
- Preheat oven to 150C
- Beat eggs and extra yolks together with vanilla just until combined.
- Put cream in a pan with sugar. Stir to dissolve and heat until almost boiling.
- Remove from heat and add a little (about 100mls) at a time to the egg mixture, whisking continuously*.
- Once all of the cream and egg are combined pour the mixture into a baking dish or seperate ramikins.
- Sprinkle nutmeg on top Stand in a roasting pan half-ful of hot water.
- Bake for approximately 40mins.
- Delicious served hot or cold. Grate dark chocolate on top and serve with fruit
Notes
- Egg Fact: * This is known as Tempering – slowly raising the temperature of the eggs, (adding all of the hot cream at once will cause the eggs to scramble).