custard recipe

A delicious homemade Crema Catalana recipe, topped with fresh fruit!

Homemade Spanish Crema Catalana Recipe

cornstarch

whole milk

cinnamon

sugar

Fresh fruit (like figs, raspberries or strawberries to top)

Put the milk on the stove in a small saucepan, along with the citrus peels and the cinnamon stick. Slowly bring to a boil.

Dissolve the cornstarch in a splash of water and set aside.

While the milk is slowly heating, beat the egg yolks with the sugar, until the mixture turns pale yellow. Beat in the dissolved cornstarch and a spoonful of the hot milk.

Remove the citrus peels and cinnamon stick from the hot milk, and lower the heat.

Slowly add the egg yolk mixture to the milk, making sure to keep stirring so that the eggs don't scramble!

Stir constantly over a low heat, until the mixture has thickened.

Remove from the heat and pour the mixture into traditional clay dishes or ramekins.

Allow the custard to cool, and then cover in plastic wrap and chill the crema catalanas for about four hours (preferably overnight).

Before serving, I like to let mine come to room temperature (unless it's summer-- that would be too hot!). Then sprinkle a thin layer of sugar on top of each ramekin. Spread the sugar out by tilting the ramekins in all directions. Caramelize with a small kitchen blowtorch (though the truly authentic crema catalanas are made with a hot iron (see photo below).

Top with fresh fruit (optional) and enjoy!

Custard powder is made up of thickeners that give the pudding its texture. 
Cornstarch is usually used as thickener in cooking and can be used in making custard powder too.

Homemade Custard Powder

corn flour

vanilla sugar

yellow food colouring

"The base of this cake is an airy, buttery brioche. With honey syrup and rich custard, there’s everything to love about it. It's best eaten on the day it’s made," says Phoebe Wood. Begin this recipe 3 hours ahead. You will need a piping bag with wide fluted nozzle for this recipe.


Bee sting cake recipe

dried yeast

(55 grams) caster sugar

unsalted butter, chopped into 2cm pieces, softened

(75 grams) caster sugar

tbs cornflour

full-cream milk

tsp vanilla extract

titanium-strength gelatine leaves,

unsalted butter

runny honey

slivered almonds, toasted

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Homemade Custard Recipe (Pastry Cream)

milk

sugar, divided

cornstarch ((can use cornflour) TABLESPOONS)

oz butter

In a large pot pour milk and half of the sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium.

Keep the milk at low simmer. In a bowl whisk egg yolks. In a separate bowl combine the remaining sugar and cornstarch. Add egg yolks to the sugar and cornstarch mixture and whisk to combine.DO NOT MIX THE sugar, egg yolks and cornstarch too far in advance, do it when the milk is starting to boil and you are ready to add them to it.Add 1 cup from the warm milk and carefully mix, then add mixture to the remaining warm milk and heat gently (on medium/high heat), stirring with a wooden spoon or a whisk. Keep stirring until custard thickens, or for 3-5 minutes. This custard needs to be cooked to 185 F in order for it to become thick and not turn wattery in the fridge.

Turn off heat and add butter, which will thicken the custard even more, after it cools down. Add vanilla.Stir again and remove from heat. You can strain custard to get rid of any lumps.

Transfer to a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap on top. Cool to room temperature.

Serve at room temperature or cold.

I wanted to make a fruit tart with a pastry base and tried this for the first time, using 2 percent milk and only 1/3 of a cup of sugar after reading the reviews. It worked perfectly and tastes delicious. I am waiting for it to cool in the pan before putting it in the pastry case and then into the fridge to get really cold and set. I will cover it with whipped cream, then strawberries and blackberries. Thanks so much for this great and easy recipe!

I’m wondering if this works with coconut milk, coconut cream or other milk substitutes. I have a lactose issue. I would like to give this a try. I have lots of egg yolks in my freezer and would love to use them up instead of throwing them.

Just follow the instrucions EXACTLY and this comes out perfect every time! I've made this several times in the last few years and its the best and simplest custard recipe I've tried. My husband's favorite dessert is berry trifle and this is what I use for the cream layer. 
I always make a bit extra to keep in the fridge as a little midnight snack the day after an event. 
I seriously cannot stress enough how much of a staple this recipe has become in my baking. So amazing!!!

Perfect! Exactly how it's made in a top bakery.

Very easy, but really sweet. Might try cutting the sugar next time. But definitely thick and delicious!

The best custard recipe I’ve ever come across and easy to make

Based on the comments I used just a little less sugar and cornstarch and this turned out exactly the way I was hoping!!!!!! I’ve been looking and looking for an easy enough recipe with simple ingredients and this produced the perfect pastry cream I was hoping for! Delicious thank you so much for sharing !!!

Easy, good recipe just way tooooo sweet, will halve the sugar

Should have halved the sugar - fat too sweet. And too much cornstarch. Would have halved that too. It thickened too quickly and became gluggy. Not the best custard recipe

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