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Fresh egg vanilla custard
- Published: 30 Nov 04
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
This glorious vanilla egg custard recipe can be ladled generously onto puds or tucked into on its own.
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Serves 6
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less than 30 minutes
Ingredients
- Seeds from a vanilla pod
- 300ml full-fat milk
- 6 medium egg yolks
- 75g golden caster sugar
- ½ tsp cornflour
Method
- Put the seeds from a vanilla pod into a pan with the milk and bring just to the boil.
- In a clean bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the golden caster sugar and cornflour until pale and thickened. Pour over the boiling milk, mix to combine, then return to the pan.
- Cook over a very gentle heat for 5-7 minutes until it coats the back of a spoon. Strain and keep warm in a flask.
- Recipe from December 2004 Issue
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