Budino or Italian Custard

(Boo-DEAN)
Baked egg custard dessert encrusted with caramelized sugar and topped with German or sweet Chocolate. Think Italian flan.

Ingredients

CUSTARD

12 eggs
1 quart milk
12 tablespoons (2/3 cups) sugar
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon anise

CARMELIZED SUGAR PAN

1/2 cup sifted sugar

OPTIONAL GARNISH

1 bar chocolate, may be sweet, semi-sweet or dark

“Aunts Rose and Jen liked to add an additional teaspoon or either lemon and vanilla extracts-and a shot or rum or whiskey.”
– Diane Hoemeke

DIRECTIONS

CARMELIZED SUGAR PAN

Put 1/2 cup sugar in a 1 1/2 to 3-quart stainless steel pan and put on stovetop only to medium heat.
Stir slowly as sugar caramelizes and turns golden brown, coating pan.

CUSTARD

Beat eggs.
Add in milk, sugar and extracts.
Mi well. Pour mixture into hot sugar-coated pan.
Bake on center oven rack at 350-degrees F for one hour.
Remove from oven. It’s done when table knife slices cleanly through cooked baked custard.
Invert the budding and its juices immediately onto heatproof bowl.
Grate chocolate, milk or dark, over budine and serve.

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