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Homemade Custard

Kankana Saxena
Silky smooth and creamy, a bowl of custard is soul satisfying. It helps to make one smile! Once you learn how to make Homemade custard at home, you will never go back to the store-bought powder.
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Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 1 and ½ cup
Calories 506 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • Heavy Cream - 1 cup
  • Sugar - ½ cup
  • Egg Yolk - 4
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • tiny pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • In a heavy bottom pan, add the sugar and milk. Give it a stir and cook it in medium low heat for 3 minutes stirring constantly. We are just dissolving the sugar here.
  • Pour the egg yolk while whisking the cream and continue to simmer and whisk for 5 minutes. Or until the consistency thickens and coats the back of the spoon.
  • Take it off the pan and add the salt along with butter. Whisk to incorporate the butter.
  • Strain the custard and place a clear wrap directly on top of the custard (this step will make sure no milk skin is formed on the custard as it cools in the refrigerator). Place in the refrigerator and enjoy withing the next 3 to 4 days.
  • The custard will thicken a tad bit as it sits in the fridge.

Notes

How to serve the Homemade Custard

This base creamy custard can be used in several ways.
Top it with some fresh fruits and meringue cookies
You can use the similar custard base to prepare Crème Brulé

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 506kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 6gFat: 38gSaturated Fat: 23gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 346mgSodium: 107mgSugar: 36g