8 fine pippins, pared, cored, and sliced, breaking them as
little as possible.
½ cup very fine bread-crumbs.
2 teaspoonfuls butter—melted.
5 eggs—whites and yolks separate.
¾ cup sugar.
1 oz. citron, shred finely.
1 teaspoonful nutmeg, and a dozen whole cloves.
1 cup milk or cream.
Soak the bread-crumbs in the milk, cream the butter and sugar, and
beat into this the yolks. Next, adding the milk and soaked bread, stir
until very smooth and light. Put in the nutmeg and citron, and whip
in the whites lightly. Butter a deep dish, and put in your sliced
apple, sprinkling each piece well with sugar, and scattering the cloves
among them. Pour the custard you have prepared over them, and bake
three-quarters of an hour.
Sift powdered sugar over the top, and eat cold.