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Boiled Custard

Boiled Custard — a custard recipe, 7 ingredients.

Custard

contains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 2 cups (500 g / 1.1 pint) milk
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼–½ cup (55–110 g / 1.9–3.9 oz) white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons water (optional)
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 2 cups (500 g / 1.1 pint) milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Heat milk and salt (if using) in a double boiler until bubbles form around the edges.
  2. Beat eggs with sugar until uniform.
  3. Gradually mix approximately ½ cup (½ cup / 4.2 oz) hot milk into the egg mixture to temper it.
  4. Slowly stir egg mixture into remaining hot milk.
  5. Optionally, mix cornstarch and water and stir into custard.
  6. Stir over heat until thickened (should coat the spoon), without bringing to a boil.
  7. Remove from heat, and continue stirring to dry the custard slightly.
  8. Stir in vanilla before the dish has cooled completely.
  9. Serve warm or chilled.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0