Vanilla custard
The chilly weather is on its way. Work on your internal insulation with Sarah Bowman’s rich and warming vanilla custard
Apr 30, 2014 2:00pm- Makes 500 millilitre
- 20 mins cooking
ingredients
Vanilla custard
- 2 cup milk
- 1 vanilla pod split lengthways
- 4 egg yolks
- 4 tablespoon sugar
method
Vanilla custard
- 1
Gently heat milk and vanilla in a pot until it just starts to simmer. Remove immediately from heat and extract vanilla pod, scraping seeds back into milk before discarding pod.
- 2
Beat yolks and sugar until pale and thick in a medium bowl.
- 3
Pour warm milk into yolks while beating. Return to pot and place over another pot part-filled with hot water. Place over heat and stir constantly until custard coats back of a wooden spoon. Remove from heat immediately and pour into a jug.
- 4
Serve warm or chilled.