Cup Custard Recipe

6 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 c. lowfat milk
  • 1/3-1/2 c. sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla
  • healthy pinch nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1
    Have ready 5 individual serving custard c.. Place in a shallow baking pan filled with tepid water.
  2. 2
    Stir sugar and salt into lowfat milk.
  3. 3
    Over very low heat, bring lowfat milk to the scalding point till it just begins to create a thin skin.
  4. 4
    Don't boil lowfat milk.
  5. 5
    Beat Large eggs slightly; add in a small amount of warm lowfat milk to the Large eggs, then stir the Large eggs back into the lowfat milk, whisking continuously.
  6. 6
    Remove from heat.
  7. 7
    Bake at 350F degrees till a knife inserted in center comes out nearly clean.
  8. 8
    When cold, cover each c. with a thin coating of caramel.
  9. 9
    Just before serving, add in a Tbsp.
  10. 10
    of coconut rum, spicy rum, or possibly Grand Marnier to each c..

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