Florence White

Treacle Custard

This Southwold, Suffolk, recipe is over 100 years old Sent by Mrs. Loftus

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

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By Florence White

Published 1932

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Ingredients

  • Short crust
  • egg 1
  • syrup 2 tablespoonfuls.

Method

  1. Grease a sandwich tin, or deep plate with the short crust.
  2. Beat up the egg.
  3. Warm the syrup so that it is liquid.
  4. Beat up the egg and the syrup together.
  5. Pour it into the pastry-lined tin or plate.
  6. Bake in a slow oven till a golden brown.
  7. Eat cold, when the mixture will set like a jelly.
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