Homemade custard

6 servings Prep: 10 mins, Cooking: 15 mins
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The essential accompaniment to any winter pud!

By Food24 June 18 2012
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Ingredients (4)

500 ml milk — full cream
1 vanilla — pod, split lengthways
4 eggs — large, yolk only
4 Tbs castor sugar
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Method:

Heat the milk with the vanilla pod and switch  heat off before it comes to the boil.

Beat the eggs with the sugar and place into a large metal or heat resistant glass bowl. Pour the hot milk over the egg yolks whisking vigorously.

Make a double boiler by, placing the bowl over a pot boiling water (bottom of bowl must not touch the water in the pot).

Stir over gentle heat until the mixture thickens sufficiently to coat the back of a spoon. This will take +- 15 minutes. You have to be patient here,  do not over-heat or it will curdle!

Tip:
  if you want thicker custard. Add 1 more yolk or make a paste with 2 tsp corn flour and whisk into gently cooking custard.

Serve hot or cold.

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