Dessert Recipes - Baked Custard Recipe

Ingredients

• 600 ml/1 pt/2 1/2 cups milk

• 2 eggs

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

• Butter, for greasing

• Grated nutmeg, for dusting

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Method:

1. Warm the milk. Lightly beat the eggs and sugar together. Pour over the hot milk, whisking all the time.

2. Strain into an greased ovenproof dish. Dust with nutmeg.

3. Bake in a preheated oven at 150°C/300°F/gas mark 2 for about 45 minutes or until set.