American Southern

Lemon Custard

Name: Lemon Custard
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 24 each eggs; 1 lb butter; 2 each lemons; 1 lb sugar; 1 each lemon acid

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 26. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

1
Yelks of twenty-four eggs, one lb butter, two grated lemons; grate peeling and press out the juice; beat the butter, eggs, and one lb sugar together until very light, flavor with lemon acid, line the dish with paste, and bake.

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