Custard in Cups

Ingredients

• 1 pint milk
• 4 eggs
• 3 oz white sugar
• cinnamon or vanilla essence
• 1 wineglass brandy

Instructions

1. Boil the milk in an enamelled saucepan with the sugar and your chosen flavouring (if using vanilla essence, add it after the custard is made).
2. Let the milk steep by the side of the fire until well seasoned.
3. Whisk the eggs well.
4. Bring the milk to a boiling point, then strain it into a basin.
5. When the milk has cooled slightly, stir in the whisked eggs.
6. Strain this mixture into a jug.
7. Place the jug in a saucepan of boiling water over the fire.
8. Keep stirring the custard in one direction until it thickens, but do not allow it to reach boiling point or it will curdle and become full of lumps.
9. Remove from the fire and stir in a wineglass of brandy if desired.