Easy Egg Custard with Fresh Peaches

Easy Egg Custard with Fresh Peaches - July 8th, 2012

I had so wanted to make this last week but I didn't have any ramekins. I debated whether to just make one large custard in a bigger dish, but decided to wait until I had individual ones. Glad I waited.

Easy Egg Custard with Fresh Peaches - page 212

"Egg custard is a classic dessert, but traditional recipes call for excessive amounts of butter, sugar, flour, whole milk, and egg yolks. Skipping the high-calorie/high-fat ingredients and sticking to just two egg yolks doesn't mean less flavor. Honey, vanilla, and nutmeg keep things interesting, while peaches add a topping that's soft and sweet."

This was a very easy dessert to make. Only 7 ingredients. The recipe says that it serves 6, since I was only making this for myself and Niall, I halved it. Guess the ramekins I bought today from the Superstore are much larger than normal ramekins (or at least the ones they used). With the recipe halved I only had enough to fill our two ramekins half way.

They took 30 minutes to bake. Once they had a chance to cool for a little bit, I added two peach slices on top and we dug in.

Mmmmm. Nice creamy texture with a hint of the Nutmeg.

A perfect light dessert. Wish there was more.

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