Cream Caramel (Italian Custard)

Ingredients

• 2 cup milk
• 5 eggs
• 5 tbsp sugar
• grated lemon rind and/or tangerine rind
• few drops of vanilla
• sugar to burn/caramelize

Method

1. Mix the sugar and beaten eggs together with the lemon rind until well blended. Add the milk, then remove the lemon rind. Add a few drops of vanilla.
2. Burn sugar and line the baking cups; add the mixture. Bake in a hot oven about 12 minutes. (Place the baking cups in a pan of cold water to bake.)

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.

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