Best 9 How To Make Custard Recipes

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Custard, a classic dessert with a rich and creamy texture, is a versatile dish that can be enjoyed in various forms. From the classic baked custard to the smooth and silky crème anglaise, each recipe offers a unique take on this timeless dessert.

Learn how to make custard with our comprehensive guide, which features a collection of easy-to-follow recipes. Discover the secrets of creating a perfect crème brûlée, with its caramelized sugar topping, or indulge in the delightful flavors of a classic bread and butter pudding, where custard meets soft bread and sweet berries. For a refreshing twist, try our frozen custard recipe, a chilled treat perfect for hot summer days, or opt for the elegant pot de crème, a rich and decadent custard served in individual ramekins.

Whether you prefer a traditional baked custard, a luscious crème anglaise to accompany your favorite desserts, or a chilled and refreshing frozen custard, our recipes have you covered. With detailed instructions and helpful tips, we'll guide you through each step of the process, ensuring you create delicious and impressive custard dishes every time.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

CUSTARD



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Custard is a British institution! Sponge puddings and crumbles just wouldn't be the same without it! This will make a custard of a pouring consistency. IMPORTANT: In order to have a smooth (not lumpy) custard, use a heavy-bottomed saucepan, and stir constantly! If you have to walk away from the stove, remove saucepan from heat. Another delicious find from Great British Cooking.

Provided by truebrit

Categories     Sauces

Time 15m

Yield 2 cups, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 1/2 cups milk
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon sugar
3 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Mix 2 tablespoons of the milk with the cornstarch in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
  • When the cornstarch is dissolved, slowly add the rest of the milk and sugar, and cook over moderate heat until the sauce starts to thicken and comes to a boil.
  • Remove from heat.
  • In a small bowl, beat egg yolks with a fork.
  • Take a cup of the sauce, and slowly add to the eggs, beating briskly as you pour.
  • Return the egg/sauce mixture to the saucepan, stirring into the hot sauce.
  • Bring back to a boil, stirring constantly.
  • Remove from heat, and add the vanilla extract.
  • Pour custard into a jug or pitcher, and serve.
  • Tip: To prevent custard forming a skin as it cools, cover jug with plastic wrap.

HOMEMADE FROZEN CUSTARD



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My siblings and I had a hard time finding room for dessert after Mom's delicious meals, but when we were ready, we could count on a rich creamy bowl of frozen custard. It's a comforting treat! -Judy Clark, Elkhart, Indiana

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 20m

Yield 1-1/2 quarts.

Number Of Ingredients 7

4 cups milk
1-1/4 cups sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • In a large saucepan, heat milk to 175°; stir in the sugar, cornstarch and salt until dissolved. Whisk a small amount of the hot mixture into the eggs. Return all to the pan, whisking constantly. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture reaches at least 160° and coats the back of a metal spoon. , Remove from the heat. Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 minutes. Stir in condensed milk and vanilla. Press waxed paper onto surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight., Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze according to the manufacturer's directions. Refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze. When ice cream is frozen, transfer to a freezer container; freeze for 2-4 hours before serving.

Nutrition Facts :

BAKED CUSTARD



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This was my favorite dessert that my grandmother used to make and my family loves it too. We always serve it cold and as it has a long oven time we usually have it in the fall/winter. Recipe source: local newspaper.

Provided by ellie_

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h40m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 300°F.
  • Combine eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla in a bowl, mixing until smooth.
  • Pour into six ramekin dishes or custard cups.
  • Sprinkle with nutmeg.
  • In a large baking dish filled half-way up with water, place custard cups.
  • Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until knife comes out clean when inserted into middle of one of the custards.
  • Refrigerate until serving time.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 181.3, Fat 6.9, SaturatedFat 3.6, Cholesterol 110.1, Sodium 95.5, Carbohydrate 22.7, Sugar 16.9, Protein 7.2

EGG CUSTARD



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This is one of my favorite foods when I am feeling blah. It is sweet and comforting and full of mild protein. Use custard cups or one casserole bowl.

Provided by The Angerers

Categories     Desserts     Custards and Pudding Recipes

Time 1h10m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 cups milk
2 eggs, beaten
½ cup white sugar
1 pinch salt
1 dash vanilla extract
1 pinch ground nutmeg

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  • Whisk milk, eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla together in a bowl until completely combined. Pour egg mixture into 6 custard cups; sprinkle tops with nutmeg. Place cups in a baking pan and fill pan with enough hot water to reach halfway up the sides of the custard cups.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until custards are set, about 1 hour. Cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 130.4 calories, Carbohydrate 20.7 g, Cholesterol 68.5 mg, Fat 3.3 g, Protein 4.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.6 g, Sodium 56.7 mg, Sugar 20.7 g

HOMEMADE CUSTARD



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Once you've cracked this technique for silky smooth vanilla custard, you'll never go back to tinned

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Dinner, Side dish

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 6

200ml double cream
700ml whole milk
4 large egg yolks
3 tbsp cornflour
100g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Put the cream and milk into a large pan and gently bring to just below boiling point. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk the yolks, cornflour, sugar and vanilla. Gradually pour the hot milk mixture onto the sugar mixture, whisking constantly.
  • Wipe out the saucepan and pour the mixture back into it. Heat gently, stirring with a wooden spoon (see Steps 1 and 2, for stirring tips) until the custard is thickened, but before any lumps form. Eat hot or cold.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 284 calories, Fat 20 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 22 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 17 grams sugar, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.1 milligram of sodium

BASIC VANILLA CUSTARD



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My mother's recipe--eat on its own or pour over canned peaches or guavas or, my fave, bread pudding. If you are really grossed out by the possibility of flecks of egg white in your custard, you can either pass it through a fine-mesh sieve or substitute four yolks for the two whole eggs.

Provided by Miss_Amy

Categories     Dessert

Time 20m

Yield 3 cups, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups milk
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • Have eggs ready in a bowl, and set aside where it will be within reach.
  • Using a whisk, combine milk, sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan over medium heat on stovetop. Allow milk to scald (heat to the point when tiny bubbles form around edges of pan). Whisk occasionally to prevent cornstarch from clumping on bottom edges of pan.
  • Remove milk mixture from heat, preferably to a burner that's turned off.
  • Mix about 2 tablespoons of scalded milk mixture into eggs using whisk, then introduce eggs into milk mixture in a slow stream, whisking milk mixture constantly.
  • Immediately return pan to heat and whisk gently until custard thickens, another two or three minutes. Do not allow to boil. (If you find that you have egg white strands in custard, feel free to pass it through a fine-mesh sieve into a different bowl now.)
  • Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 196.5, Fat 6.8, SaturatedFat 3.6, Cholesterol 110.1, Sodium 95.9, Carbohydrate 26.3, Sugar 16.8, Protein 7.2

SIMPLE CUSTARD



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This is my own alteration of a few different recipes. Not too rich or too sweet as many egg custards can be. Can be served warm immediately or cold.

Provided by chloea

Categories     Desserts     Custards and Pudding Recipes

Time 15m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 6

4 cups whole milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon butter
4 eggs
½ cup white sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch

Steps:

  • Cook and stir milk, vanilla extract, and butter in a saucepan over medium heat until simmering. Remove mixture from heat before it comes to a boil.
  • Whisk eggs, sugar, and cornstarch together in a bowl until sugar dissolves.
  • Set saucepan back over low heat. Pour in egg mixture slowly, whisking constantly, until custard thickens enough to coat the bottom of a spoon, 5 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 177.9 calories, Carbohydrate 21.1 g, Cholesterol 106.5 mg, Fat 7 g, Protein 7.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 87.8 mg, Sugar 18.4 g

GET-WELL CUSTARD



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Whenever a friend or relative was ailing, my mother-in-law would bake this fresh custard recipe and take it along when she visited. Because she brought folks this special treat so often, our family began calling it "get-well" custard! -Ruth Van Dyke, Traverse City, Michigan

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h10m

Yield 10 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 6

4 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups whole milk
Ground nutmeg

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, heat milk until bubbles form around sides of pan; remove from heat. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar and salt until blended but not foamy. Slowly stir in hot milk. Stir in vanilla. , Pour egg mixture through a strainer into a 1-1/2-qt. round baking dish; sprinkle with nutmeg. Place round baking dish in a larger baking pan. Place pan on oven rack; add very hot water to pan to within 1/2 in. of top of round baking dish. Bake until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 55-60 minutes. Centers will be soft and jiggle even after chilling. Remove baking dish from water bath immediately to a wire rack; cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate until cold.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 128 calories, Fat 5g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 84mg cholesterol, Sodium 130mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 6g protein.

BAKED CUSTARD



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I first made this baked custard recipe as a teenager and still enjoy it as a winter warm-up. My dad says it's the best custard he's ever eaten! - Deb Brass, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h10m

Yield 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 7

4 large eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-2/3 cups whole milk

Steps:

  • In a bowl, combine eggs, sugar, spices and vanilla. Blend in milk. Pour into a 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Place baking dish in a cake pan in oven; add 1 in. water to pan. , Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near middle comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 208 calories, Fat 7g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 156mg cholesterol, Sodium 292mg sodium, Carbohydrate 28g carbohydrate (27g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 8g protein.

Tips:

  • Use fresh, high-quality ingredients for the best flavor.
  • Make sure the custard is not too thick or too thin. The ideal consistency is slightly thick and coats the back of a spoon.
  • Do not overcook the custard, or it will become grainy. Cook it until it has reached the desired consistency, and then remove it from the heat.
  • If you are using a double boiler, make sure that the water in the bottom pot is simmering, not boiling. This will help to prevent the custard from curdling.
  • If you are making a baked custard, use a water bath to prevent the custard from curdling. Place the custard-filled dish in a larger pan filled with hot water, and bake it in a preheated oven.
  • Serve the custard immediately, or chill it for later. Custard can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Conclusion:

Custard is a delicious and versatile dessert that can be enjoyed in many different ways. Follow these tips to make the perfect custard every time. Whether you prefer it baked, steamed, or chilled, custard is sure to please everyone at your table. So get creative and experiment with different flavors and toppings to find your favorite way to enjoy this classic dessert.

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