Custard Sauce - American Recipe

Custard Sauce

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Double-boiler, Small bowl, Large spoon, Dover beater

A fundamental custard sauce used across many classic American recipes.

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg or 2 yolks
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. Put — the milk in the double-boiler, and place this over the fire.
2. Beat — the egg and sugar together in a bowl, and then slowly stir into it the hot milk.
3. Pour — the mixture back into the boiler, and cook about five minutes, stirring constantly.
4. Pour — the custard into a bowl, add the vanilla, and beat with a dover beater.
5. Chill — thoroughly before using.

Tags: milk, egg, sugar · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)