Homemade custard
20 min
A rich, smooth, vanilla custard for pouring over your favourite puddings or to use as the filling in a fruit tart. This recipe will easily serve 6 people as a pouring custard. After you see how easy and incredibly gorgeous this tastes - you might even vow never to make custard with powder again!
16 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 450ml milk
- 1 vanilla pod, split
- 100g caster sugar
- 5 egg yolks
- 2 level tablespoons plain flour
- 1 teaspoon of soft butter
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:20min
- Bring the milk and a split vanilla pod to the boil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Remove from the heat and set aside to let the vanilla infuse into the milk.
- In a large bowl, whisk caster sugar and egg yolks until pale. Whisk in plain flour.
- Remove the vanilla pod from the milk and gradually whisk the warm milk into the egg yolk mixture. Pour it into a saucepan and cook, stirring, until it just comes to the boil, then simmer very gently for 2-3 minutes to cook out the floury taste. Whisk in 1 teaspoon of butter.
