Fresh egg vanilla custard

Name: Fresh egg vanilla custard
Cook time: 30 h
Total time: 30 h
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: Seeds from a vanilla pod; 300ml full-fat milk; 6 medium egg yolks; 75g golden caster sugar; ½ tsp cornflour

Published: 30 Nov 04
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

This glorious vanilla egg custard recipe can be ladled generously onto puds or tucked into on its own.

Serves 6
less than 30 minutes

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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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