Basic Vanilla Custard

by | Oct 3, 2011 | Desserts

This is so easy and so delicious, you can make it runnier as a pouring custard or thicker for a filling custard.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp corn flour (use 3 if your making a thicker custard)
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1tsp vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Place a small saucepan on a stove burner turned to medium heat.
  2. Place sugar, cornflour and  milk into the pan. Stir the mixture with a spoon to prevent it from burning.
  3. Crack eggs, and separate out the yolks into a bowl. Lightly beat the yolks with a fork or a whisk, and add them to the saucepan.
  4. Stir the ingredients in the saucepan constantly until they begin to boil.
  5. Remove the pan from the stove burner, and turn off the stove. Add vanilla to the mixture, and cover the pan with a lid. Allow the pan to cool to room temperature, and then place it inside a refrigerator until it is cool.