Baked Almond Crocante Custard

Ingredients

• 5 1/2 oz sugar
• 3 oz sweet almonds
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 pint milk

Method

1. 1 Skin and chop almonds into small pieces, about the size of a grain of wheat.
2. 2 Melt two-thirds of the sugar in a pan, then add almonds and stir constantly until the mixture turns cinnamon-colored.
3. 3 Pour the almond-sugar mixture into a butter-greased tin and let it cool completely.
4. 4 Pound the cooled almond-sugar block very fine with the remaining one-third of sugar.
5. 5 Mix in the egg yolks and milk until well combined.
6. 6 Pour the mixture into a butter-greased mold with a hole in the middle and cook in a double boiler (bain-marie) until set.