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Standing Custard

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Standing Custard

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare custard according to previous instructions.

  2. While the custard is hot, beat the egg white until stiff and fold it into the custard.

  3. Line a mold with thin muslin and pour the custard mixture into it.

  4. Steam the custard in a steamer for 20 minutes.

  5. Let it cool completely before serving, with or without preserves.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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