Custard

make your own custard that everyone will enjoy , yes it is a little rich but will go well with christmas pudding or fruit just about anything really .

Thanks to Sally for asking me to put up the custard recipe .

Ingredients

600 ml thicken cream

6 egg yolks

½ cup of sugar

Tps vanilla essence or 1 vanilla pod split

1 or 2 tbl spoons of corn flour mixed in a little milk

In a medium bowl place egg yolks and sugar, beat ( whisk)  until thick and creamy and egg yolks are lighter in colour .

In a medium saucepan  place the cream and seeds (pod)  and bring to the boil once boiled remove from heat and strain ,  ( Note if you are using vanilla essence you can add it to the boiled cream or add after you have combined the cream and egg yolks ) now slowly pour the hot cream into the egg mixture and continuously whisk ,  place back into the saucepan and reduce the heat to a simmer (  note you can easily burn your custard at this point)

Now add your corn flour to the custard a  little at a time stirring all the time , to gain the required thickness of the custard you like .

This custard is better than any you will buy in the store and ten times better than any custard powder , its almost to die for

It is also an excellent base for ice-cream just increase the sugar by ½ a cup and add whatever you like then freeze .

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