Hey there, ---- here are some of my tried and tested recipes. Hope you enjoy all of them!
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Caramel Custard
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar for caramel 5 eggs
3 cups milk 1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence 1/4 tsp salt.
Method:
- Beat eggs, sugar, salt and essence together in bowl till lightly frothy.
- Scald milk and pour over eggs stirring all the time. Set oven at 375 deg F.
- Put pan of hot water on second shelf.
- Put 1/2 cup sugar in saucepan and on low heat stirring all the time dissolve till it becomes golden brown syrup.
- Pour into pyrex dish at once. Pour custard mixture over.
- Put bowl in pan of hot water and push to back of oven. Bake for 40-45 mins or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
- Remove from oven. Cool. Turn onto serving dish. The syrup can be used as sauce or served with cream and fruit.
- Alternatively --- can be put in steel basin covered with foil and pressure-cooked on the trivet of your cooker, equally well --- cook at pressure for about 15 mins. Turn off gas/electricity and leave to cool naturally. Open and turn onto fancy dish. Chill and serve.
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