Martha Washington's Nutmeg Custard Pie (1770)
"President Washington. Serve at room temperature with whipped cream, sprinkled with nutmeg, if desired."
Original is 6 servings
Ingredients
- Scald
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- Pie
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (390.9 g)
- Calories 900.6
- Total Fat - 57.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 19.2 g
- Cholesterol - 1779.2 mg
- Sodium - 568.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 54.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 29.7 g
- Protein - 39.5 g
- Calcium - 346.4 mg
- Iron - 6.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425F.
Step 2
Line a 9-inch pie pan with pastry.
Step 3
Flute edge, and prick bottom and sides with fork tines.
Step 4
Bake for 7 minutes.
Step 5
Remove pie from oven.
Step 6
Reduce oven temperature to 325F.
Step 7
Meanwhile, In a medium saucepan, scald milk with bay leaf and cinnamon stick.
Step 8
In a bowl, thoroughly combine eggs with egg yolks, sugar, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and salt.
Step 9
Remove bay leaf and cinnamon stick from milk.
Step 10
Strain scalded milk over egg mixture gradually stirring like crazy to temper eggs, and mix well.
Step 11
Pour into baked pie shell.
Step 12
Bake in a slow oven until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
Step 13
Cool on a wire rack.
Tips
No special items needed.
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