custard me up ladies!

[boobaloo]

hey ladies, i need your best homemade custard recipes, grandmas' gone to bloody india for christmas so i can't get hers, and be buggered if i'm using bottled stuff!
TIA

[Olive]

i make my custard and use one off taste, do you want me to paste the one i use?

[boobaloo]

that would be great thanks xxox

[Olive]

Method
Combine milk and cream in a small saucepan. Using a sharp knife, split vanilla bean in half lengthways and scrape out seeds. Add bean and seeds to milk mixture. Place over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until hot (do not allow to boil). Remove saucepan from heat.

Whisk egg yolks, cornflour and sugar in a heatproof bowl until well combined. Remove vanilla beans from milk mixture. Pour hot milk mixture over egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly.

Return mixture to saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 15 to 20 minutes or until custard thickens and coats the back of a metal spoon (do not allow custard to boil, as it might curdle).

Serve custard warm or cold over stewed fruit, pancakes or crumbles.

Notes
You could use 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla paste instead of the vanilla bean.

If cooling custard for later use, cover the surface with plastic wrap to prevent a skin forming.

[boobaloo]

thankyou!

[Olive]

no worries, i use the vanilla paste as its around the same price as the pods but you get more and its easier

[Early Kids]

Yum! I've never made REAL custard before... I just use the powder

[Olive]

sally its sooooooo much nicer