Ingredients

• 2 medium eggs

• 1 pint full cream milk

• Sugar to taste (approximately 1 cup)

• A few drops of vanilla essence or extract

Instructions

1. Boil milk and sugar.

2. Beat eggs and keep aside.

3. Let the milk cool.

4. Add Vanilla essence and eggs to milk. Mix well and transfer it to an oven-proof dish.

5. Place this dish in a pan of boiling water and bake in the centre of an oven preheated to 150 C or 300 F for 40-45 minutes, until it is set. Temperature is reduced by 10 degrees in a fan oven.

6. To test when it is ready, insert a sharp knife into the custard, it should come away clean.

7. Serve chilled. It can be served in the same dish as it was cooked in or you can put it in a serving platter, up side down, as follows:

8. Run a sharp knife along the edges.

9. Cover the bowl with the serving dish and tip it upside down while holding both the dishes tightly together.