Custard and Custard Sauce

Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.

Lemon and vanilla soft custard sauce

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Ingredients

  • 3 egg yolks
  • 3 T sugar
  • 1½ C milk
  • ½ t vanilla
  • ¼ t lemon
  • dash salt

Directions

  1. Beat yolks lightly. add sugar salt
  2. mix well. scald milk in double boiler.
  3. add little milk to egg mix return to
  4. double boiler cook till coat spoon
  5. add vanilla - chill before serving

Temperature: scald milk; cook till coat spoon; chill before serving

Equipment: double boiler; spoon

Soft or baked custard

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Ingredients

  • 2 eggs or 3 egg yolks
  • 3 T sugar
  • 1 ½ C milk
  • ¼ t salt
  • ½ t vanilla

Directions

  1. Beat eggs to blend. add sugar salt, milk.
  2. Cook in double boiler for soft custard.
  3. Bake in oven in pan of hot water for.. Custard - 350° - 35 min.

Timing: 35 min.

Temperature: soft custard, hot water, and 350 degrees

Equipment: mixing bowl and beating utensil, double boiler, custard baking dish or cups, pan for hot water, and oven

As written

Serve sauce ... berries / soft custard, with uncertain connection.

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Eggs, salt, and lemon

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3 egg yolks; dash salt; 1/4 teaspoon lemon; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
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2 eggs or 3 egg yolks; 1/4 teaspoon salt; no lemon; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.

Cooking choices and endpoint

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Scald milk and cook in a double boiler until the custard coats a spoon; add vanilla and chill.
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Cook in a double boiler for soft custard, or bake in a pan of hot water at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

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