Baked Custard

Baked Custard

Ingredients:
4 cups scalded milk
4 to 6 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Few gratings nutmeg

Directions:
1. Beat the eggs slightly, add the sugar and salt, and slowly pour on the scalded milk.
2. Strain into a buttered mold and set in a pan of hot water. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
3. Bake in a slow oven until firm, when a silver knife run through the custard comes out clean. Don't let the surrounding water boil, or the custard will whey.

Note:
Use 4 eggs to 4 cups milk for cup custards and 6 eggs for a large molded custard; with fewer eggs a large custard may crack when turned out.