Baked Custard is Great Dessert

Caribbean baked custard is a great dessert and can even compliment pies. Here’s how you too can make it:

IngredientsCaribbean baked custard2“Caribbean baked custard”

* 3 cups evaporated milk

* 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk

* 4 eggs

* 1 tsp. vanilla extract

* ½ tablespoon nutmeg, grated

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Crack and add eggs individually to a bowl.

Beat together.

Open the cans of evaporated milk and condensed milk and add to frothy egg mixture.

Stir in vanilla.

Grate in about quarter a tablespoon of nutmeg.

Strain mixture through a strainer into individual greased ramekins.Place the filled ramekins in a larger pan filled with water and bake for an hour.

Carefully remove from the oven and remove from the pan of water and cool.Serve individually at room temperature or cold with fruit or a slice of pie.