American Southern

Apple Custard

Name: Apple Custard
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 quart apples; 0.5 lb sugar; 0.25 lb butter; 6 each eggs; 2 cups cream; 1 gill brandy; 0.25 cups wine; 1 each lemon

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 23. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

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Boil and strain one quart apples, one half lb sugar, 1-4th lb , six , one pint sweet , one gill , one gill ; beat the and yelks together until light, melt the , the and together; separate the , beat the whites to a froth, put the whites in last, flavor with ; line a dish with paste, and turn in the custard; bake in hot oven.

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