17 desserts to make if you love custard
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Custard slice
1. Using a glass bowl and a metal butter knife or a pastry knife cut the flour, butter and salt together. Add the water as quickly as you can so that pastry stays cold and the butter stays as chilled as possible. 2. Add the lemon j…
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Milk tart-inspired baked custard
1. To make the custard, preheat the oven to 150°C or 130°C fan and grease 2 x 500 ml ramekins. 2. Place the egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl and whisk well. Place the cream, spices and vanilla in a saucepan and slowly bring to a sim…
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One-bowl plum and custard cake
1. Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease and line a 27 x 16 x 4 cm rectangular baking tin or a 23 cm round springform cake tin with baking paper. 2. Using a hand-beater or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the sugar and eggs fo…
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Custard cups
1. Preheat the oven to 190°C. Using a rolling pin, roll out the slices of bread to a thickness of 1 mm. Lightly grease a muffin pan and line the moulds with the bread. Bake for 8–10 minutes, or until light golden brown. Transfer to a coo…
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Jelly and custard
1. To make the jelly, bring 1¼ cups water, the caster sugar and orange zest to the boil in a saucepan. 2. Place the gelatine in a bowl of water to soften. If you’re using powdered gelatine, pour over enough water to cover it and let i…
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Curdle-proof custard
1. Whisk the egg yolks, sugar and custard powder in a large bowl and set aside. 2. Pour the milk and cream into a heavy- based saucepan. Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Add the seeds and pod to the mixture and bring to the …
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Lemon-and-lavender sponge with lemongrass-raspberry custard
1. To make the sponge, preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 21 x 11 cm loaf pan. Set aside. 2. In a large bowl, combine the yoghurt, lemon juice and zest, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Whisk until well blended. 3. Sift the flour, baking powder…
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Basic custard
Scald* the milk over a high heat. Cream the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla. Whisk a little of the warm milk into the egg mixture (this is to ensure that the temperature is raised gradually so that the eggs don’t scramble). Add the remaining…
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Baked cherry custard
Preheat the oven to 160°C. Place the cherries in a greased ovenproof dish (1 litre capacity). Beat together the eggs, custard, cream, sugar and flour until smooth. Pour the mixture over the cherries and bake for 45 minutes or until gold…