a little of each

Ingredients

2 cups milk

3 eggs, separated

1 Tbl cornstarch

½ cup sugar

pinch of salt

1 tsp vanilla

1 square melted baking chocolate*

2/3 cup confectioners sugar

Directions

Heat the milk in a double boiler. Dissolve the cornstarch in a little bit of milk and add to slightly beaten egg yolks and salt. Add the egg mixture to the hot milk and stir until thickened. Let cool and add vanilla. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Add the melted chocolate and confectioners sugar to the egg whites. Drop on top of dishes of custard.

“Three Tbl. of cocoa is the same as one square of baking chocolate and I think it works better,” Nana Hazel, written on the recipe card.