Baked Custard With Ginger

3 tb Brown sugar

3/4 ts Finely grated fresh ginger

3 lg Eggs; lightly beaten

2 1/2 c Milk

1/3 c Granulated sugar

1 ts Vanilla extract

1/4 ts Cinnamon

1/4 ts Each salt and nutmeg

Mix brown sugar with ginger and divide evenly onto bottoms of 6 buttered individual custard cups or ramekins. In medium mixing bowl, blend eggs with milk, sugar, vanilla and seasonings. Pour evenly into prepared custard cups. Place cups in a large pan, then fill with hot water to come halfway up sides of cups (a hot water bath or bain-marie). Bake at 350 F. oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until knife inserted near edge comes out clean. Remove cups from bain-marie. Run knife around edges to loosen. Place serving plate over top of cup and carefully invert custard onto plate. Serve warm or cover, chill and serve cold. From _Nancy Enright's Canadian Herb Cookbook_ by Nancy Enright. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1985. Pg. 59. ISBN 0-88862-788-2. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.