Custard
February 14, 2009
Because frankly, no home-made pudding is complete without home-made custard.
Recipe for Meringue to follow very shortly…
Also, recipes for puddings to pour this on would be equally delightful.
Egg Custard (Creme Anglaise)
300 ml full cream milk
300 ml cream (double)
6 egg yolks [hence the meringue... what else do you do with 6 egg whites?!]
3 oz caster sugar
1 vanilla pod. (or: a few drops of vanilla essence…)
1. Heat the milk and cream in a pan until they just about boil. Add the vanilla pod, leave to simmer for 15 minutes so the vanilla infuses.
2. Meantime, whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until it is all blended. The mixture should be slightly lighter, and thickened. Do this in a big bowl. You will need it.
3. Remove the vanilla pod/ignore the vanilla essence (you can’t get it back now). Gradually add the milk+cream to the egg+sugar mixture. Stir each little bit until it’s totally blended before adding the next one. Continue until it’s all mixed together.
4. Return to the pan and heat slowly. Be VERY CAREFUL: if you heat it too fast, the egg will decide it wants to be scrambled egg instead and will curdle. This leaves you with liquidy, sweetened scrambled egg. Which still tastes fine, but looks and feels a bit weird. As yet, I have no idea how to stop it curdling. I was also hampered by the fact the milk frothed up… watch out for that one…
5. Bring it to the boil, or until it starts to bubble a little, then pour into a jug and serve.
This recipe might not yet be totally accurate. I will check later…
March 11, 2009 at 1:35 am
Oh dear. WHY must I check this when EVERYONE ELSE IS IN BED. I must remember: it is antisocial to laugh like a drain in the middle of the night even if it IS at lines like, ‘This leaves you with liquidy, sweetened scrambled egg’. Thank you, as ever. A joy to read. And I’ll try it out some day, probably poured over cookies because I can make them and they taste spectacular. Or, more logically, brownies. Or apple cake (can give you recipes for any and all of those if you want them – apple cake is something most people haven’t heard of AND SHOULD, and I met a girl today who had never even tried to make brownies and they are SO EASY).
xxx
March 11, 2009 at 1:36 am
Also it would be interesting to know, in instances like this particular post, who is writing what – I can’t guess this time and I’m a nosey bugger and would love to know if my sister can make custard, and if so, would she make some for meeeeeeee? J xxx
March 11, 2009 at 7:20 pm
It was indeed your sister. Who can make custard but then also has to make meringues to use up the SIX EGG WHITES!!! But will indeed make you some custard… if we have anything with which to eat it…
Cxxx