Basil Custard
From: Florence
Comments: An easy quick recipe from Provence.
Servings: 6
  • 1 bunch fresh basil
  • 2 cups [500 mL] whipping cream [35% m.s.g.]
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] minced garlic
  • Salt and pepper
  • Nutmeg
  • 7 ounces [200 g] vine tomatoes
  • Fruited olive oil
  • Twelve [12] hours ahead of time, snip basil; soak snipped basil into cream, refrigerated.
  • The day after, preheat oven to 425°F [th 6 / 220°C].
  • Beat together eggs and minced garlic; add to cream mixture.
  • Sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg, to taste.
  • Grease an oven-safe ring mold.
  • Fill mold with mixture; arrange a pan filled with water into the oven.
  • Bake custard for 25 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, dice and brown vine tomatoes into fruited olive oil for 20 minutes.
  • Serve custard warm, surrounded with tomato puree, center of custard garnished with a little tomato puree.