Dessert

Baked light custard

PrepPr15 minCookCk55 minTotalTot1 h 10 minServesSrv9-10Ca:PCa:P1:1.0
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Ingredients

  • 4 eggs, pasture-raised
  • 1/2 cup pure cane sugar
  • Pinch of pickling salt
  • 4 cups milk (1%, 2%, or whole)
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325F/160C (conventional) or 350F/176C (convection).
  2. Beat eggs thoroughly in a large bowl.
  3. Add sugar and salt to eggs, mix 1-2 minutes.
  4. Slowly pour in milk while mixing.
  5. Add vanilla if using.
  6. Strain mixture into a pitcher, discard solids.
  7. Set ramekins in a roasting pan, pour mix equally into each.
  8. Pour hot water into pan, ¾ up ramekin sides.
  9. Bake 1 hr 25-35 min (conventional) or 55 min (convection).
  10. Test firmness with a knife; bake 5-10 min more if needed.
  11. Remove from oven, cool in pan on counter.
  12. Remove ramekins, dry bottoms, refrigerate.

Contribution

By Dodie Anderson and Mimi Duclos (Contra Diet)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving (1 of 10). Does not change when you scale ingredients.

  • Calories 133.77
  • Total Fat 51.1g
  • Saturated Fat 24.5g
  • Trans Fat 1.1g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 4.7g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 14g
  • Cholesterol 939 mg
  • Sodium 629.6 mg
  • Carbohydrate 165.4g
  • Sugar 165.4g
  • Protein 56.7g
  • Calcium 1296.2 mg
  • Phosphorus 1352.5 mg
  • Ca:P ratio 1:1.0
  • Vitamin A 671.9 mcg
  • B1 (Thiamin) 0.7 mg
  • B2 (Riboflavin) 2.2 mg
  • B3 (Niacin) 1 mg
  • B5 (Pantothenic) 3.5 mg
  • B6 0.7 mg
  • Folate 142 mcg
  • B12 7.3 mcg
  • Zinc 6.6 mg
  • Selenium 80.7 mcg

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