Elizabeth Schneider

Baked Clementine Custard

Preparation info

  • 4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables
Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1986

  • About

Light and delicate, this simple dessert is low in calories. The sweet little segments of clementine fit into custard cups where they nestle neatly beneath their milk-and-egg topping.

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1¼ cups milk
  • 2 tablespoons brown

Method

  1. Beat eggs to just blend; stir in milk, sugar, and salt. Mix well, but do not beat until foamy. Strain.
  2. Rinse clementines and grate enough rind to make ½ teaspoon. Add to custard mixture. Peel and section fruit; cut each piece in half, then arrange in four 6-ounce (approximately) custard cups. Gently pour custard mixture over clementines. Rub cinnamon through a