600mls Milk (heated)    1 oz sugar    2-3 eggs      a little vanilla

Beat eggs a little, with a pinch of salt,  pour over the hot milk and add the sugar and vanilla.  Pour  into a greased dish and grate nutmeg over the top.

Bake about an hour at 150- 160 c . To prevent over heating stand the pie dish in a pan of water, Make the water come up half way up the pie dish.

Serve with chocolate sauce.

Chocolate Sauce

1 dessertspoon custard powder, 1 cup milk, 1 & 1/2 tsp cocoa, 2 oz sugar, 1 tbsp butter.

mix the custard powder and cocoa together to a smooth cream with a little of the cold milk. Add sugar and butter to the remainder of the milk. Bring to the boil and add the custard mixture slowly, stirring all the time. Pour into a jug and serve with the baked custard.