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Easy custard

By Monche Muller
2
Easy
10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200 ml milk
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 30 g white sugar
  • 1 ml vanilla extract

Method

Scald the milk over high heat. Cream the yolks, sugar and vanilla together. Whisk in a little bit of the warm milk to the egg mixture. Add the remaining milk to the eggs and whisk.

Transfer to a clean saucepan, place back on the heat and while stirring constantly, cook custard until nappe stage (When the custard covers the back of a wooden spoon).