Easy Homemade Vanilla Custard
An easy homemade Vanilla Custard recipe made with basic ingredients and comes together in minutes. Delicious on it's own, served with fruit and especially good with Christmas Pudding!
Servings: 3 cups
Ingredients
- 6 egg yolks use the whites to make Pavlova!
- 1 tbsp cornflour cornstarch
- 250 g caster sugar super fine sugar
- 2 cups whole milk low-fat just isn't the same here!
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 tsp vanilla paste to taste. Sub for vanilla extract or vanilla beans, seeds scraped
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks, caster sugar and cornflour, then set aside
- Heat the milk and cream in a medium saucepan and bring it to almost boiling, over medium heat
- In a steady stream, slowly add the hot milk and cream to the yolk mixture, while whisking the yolk mixture
- Return the custard to the saucepan and continue to whisk over medium-low heat, until it starts to thicken. Don’t let it come to a boil
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir through vanilla
- Use straight away. If you’re not using it straight away, cover with plastic wrap touching the surface of the custard (this will stop the custard from forming a skin) and store in the fridge. Custard will thicken as it cools, but thin out again when reheated.
Notes
Tips and Tricks:
- Place a rubber mat or tea towel under your bowl to stop it from moving around while you’re adding the hot milk mixture
- Make sure you’re reaching the corners of your saucepan as you whisk, to avoid any burn spots
Re Heating Instructions:
- This delicious custard can be re heated in the microwave. When you’re ready to serve it, pop it in the microwave for a minute or 2, then give it a quick whisk to smooth it out