Hot Custard

Ingredients

• For the Apples
• 8 Apples -- fine to mix up the varieties
  
• 2 cinnamon stick, each broken into thirds
  
• peel of half a lemon (Meyer if possible), sliced into pieces
  
• 1 cup lightly packed light or dark brown sugar
  
• 2 tablespoons Spanish Sherry -- sweet or dry
  
• 1 cup Raisins
  
• 3 tablespoons butter
  

• For the Custard
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  
• ¹/₄ cup sugar
  
• ¹/₈ teaspoon salt
  
• 2 cups Hot milk (or 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk)
  
• ¹/₂ teaspoon vanilla
  
• 1 teaspoon sherry, port, or maderia