Steamed Custard Eggs With Jam

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons cream or new milk per egg
• 1 teaspoon strawberry, raspberry, or currant jam per egg
• 1 thin slice buttered toast per egg
• Sugar to taste
• Vanilla to taste

Method

1. 1 Butter individual cups, using one cup per egg.
2. 2 Place jam in the center of each cup.
3. 3 Beat eggs with cream (or milk), sugar, and vanilla, then divide the mixture into the cups.
4. 4 Cover each cup with buttered paper and place in a stew-pan with boiling water reaching halfway up the sides.
5. 5 Steam for 8 to 10 minutes until set.
6. 6 Turn eggs out onto buttered toast and serve hot or cold.