I attempted to make a custard recipe yesterday from the South Beach cookbook (I'm trying to go low-carb with little success ...LOL). The custards came out terrible! They are watery and awful and taste basically like brown water... very unappetizing. I'm thinking that I did something wrong? I followed the recipe below. If anybody has an idea as to what might have happened to my poor dessert, please let me know!
Chilled Coffee Custard
1.5 cups 1% milk
2 eggs, beaten
3 TB sugar substitute
2 tsp instant coffee
2 tsp vanilla
In medium bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, sugar sub, coffee, and vanilla until well-blended. Pour into four six-ounce custard cups and place in a 10" skillet. Fill skillet with water to 1/2" from tops of the custard cups. Bring water to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove cups from skillet, cover with plastic wrap touching the surface of the custard, and refrigerate for 3 hours.