Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients

• Butter for greasing ramekins
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 cups chopped cleaned carrots (about 1 pound)
• 6 eggs
• 2 yolks
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• grated zest of 1/2 orange
• Juice of 1/2 orange
• 2 cups hot milk
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

2. Grease twelve 1/2 cup oven proof ramekins with butter.

3. Melt the 2 tablespoons of butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Cook onion until soft and reserve.

4. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add the carrots and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and transfer to a food processor or blender.

5. Add the cooked onion to the carrots and puree until smooth. Add the eggs, yolks, salt, pepper, nutmeg, sugar, zest and juice and process to combine. Pour in the hot milk and melted butter. Process to combine.

6. Pour into the prepared ramekins and transfer to a roasting pan. Pour hot water halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Bake about 40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

7. Cool on a rack then invert directly on dinner plate.