Old fashioned baked egg custard with nutmeg

Name: Old fashioned baked egg custard with nutmeg
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 large eggs; 2 egg yolks; 60g caster sugar; 300ml whole milk; 200ml double cream; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg; 10g butter, for the dish

A wobbly, silky baked custard made with whole milk, cream and nutmeg, easy to eat and full of energy.

Time1 hr 10
LevelMedium
Costabout £0.70 a head
Oven150°C (130°C fan)

4 servings

Ingredients

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3large eggs
2egg yolks
60 gcaster sugar
300 mlwhole milk
200 mldouble cream
1 tspvanilla extract
½ tspground nutmeg
10 gbutterfor the dish

Method

1
Heat the oven to 150°C (130°C fan). Butter a 1 litre ovenproof dish and stand it in a deep roasting tin.
2
Warm the milk and cream in a pan until steaming but not boiling.
3 min
3
Whisk the eggs, yolks, sugar and vanilla together in a bowl, then slowly pour in the warm milk, whisking all the time.
4
Strain the mixture through a sieve into the dish. Grate the nutmeg over.
5
Pour hot water from the kettle into the roasting tin until it comes halfway up the dish.
6
Bake for 40 minutes until just set with a slight wobble in the middle.
40 min
7
Serve warm or cold.

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