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Chocolate Custard

The Appledore Cook Book, 1883
A very sweet chocolate custard recipe.
Calories: 185kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 quart milk
  • 1 ounce dark chocolate
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 eggs

Instructions

  • Set one quart of milk on to boil as before directed* (see note).
  • Scrape with a knife one ounce of nice chocolate, and mix with one heaping cup of sugar;
  • wet this with two spoonfuls of boiling milk;
  • work this into a paste with the back of the spoon, and stir into the boiling milk,
  • and then stir in six well-beaten eggs; stir three minutes,
  • and then strain.
  • Set in cold water and stir occasionally, until cold, then sir in two teaspoons of vanilla. Serve in glasses.

Notes

*Seems to be referencing this line in the "Soft Custard recipe, previous: "Put one quart of new milk into a tin pail, and set the pail into a kettle with boiling water"

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 89mg | Sugar: 26g
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