French Custard Pudding
260. One pint of milk,
One table-spoonful of flour,
Three eggs,
Sugar to the taste,
Flavored with rose-water, essence of lemon, or brandy.
Put on the milk to boil, mix the flour smoothly with a little cold milk; as soon as the milk boils stir in the mixture of flour and milk. Let it boil one minute, take it off and set away to cool. Beat the eggs, and when the milk is cool add them to it with the sugar, then the spice and rose-water, or whatever it is to be flavored with. Line your pie plates with paste, pour in the above mixture, and bake it in a moderate oven.