Proper Vanilla Custard
Here’s how to make a proper homemade custard.
Print Pin RateCourse: Dessert
Cuisine: British
Keyword: Custard
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 600 g Double cream
- 300 g Whole milk
- 4 tsps Vanilla bean paste
- 3 tbsps Cornflour
- 150 g Golden caster sugar
- 5 Egg yolks
Instructions
- Add the cornflour, sugar and egg yolks into a large mixing bowl and whisk until it turns creamy.
- Add the double cream, milk and vanilla bean paste into a saucepan and place over a medium to high heat, bring it almost to the boil.
- Pour the hot cream into the egg/sugar mix and whisk as you pour it in.
- It will be very runny, so now return it to the saucepan and cook over a medium heat, constantly stirring until it thickens to your desired consistency.
- If you are not using it straight away, place a layer of baking paper over the top to prevent it from forming a skin.