Baked Vanilla Custard

Ingredients

• 4 piece eggs
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 750 millilitre milk
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 160°C. Grease a 6-cup (1.5 litre) baking dish and boil a full kettle.
2. 2Whisk the eggs, caster sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until combined.
3. 3Warm the milk in a saucepan until steaming but not boiling, then slowly whisk it into the egg mixture.
4. 4Pour the custard into the dish and sprinkle with nutmeg.
5. 5Sit the dish in a roasting pan and pour boiling water into the pan until halfway up the sides of the dish.
6. 6Bake for 45 minutes, until just set with a slight wobble in the centre.
7. 7Serve warm, or chill and serve cold with stewed fruit.