Easy Proper Custard Sauce
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Heat cream in a small saucepan up to boiling point and while it is heating blend the egg yolks cornflour sugar and vanilla together in a small basin Pour hot cream in stirring all the time and return the mixture to the saucepan. Heat very gently still stirring until sauce has thickened which should only take a minute or two. If it does overheat and start to look granular remove from heat and continue to beat, it will become smooth again as it cools because the small addition of the cornflour does a very efficient stabilising job Serve hot or cold
Heat cream in a small saucepan up to boiling point and while it is heating blend the egg yolks cornstarch sugar and vanilla together in a small basin Pour hot cream in stirring all the time and return the mixture to the saucepan. Heat very gently still stirring until sauce has thickened which should only take a minute or two. If it does overheat and start to look granular remove from heat and continue to beat, it will become smooth again as it cools because the small addition of the cornstarch does a very efficient stabilising job Serve hot or cold
Introduction
Heavenly rich and creamy. Perfect hot or cold. Lovely on a trifle. Make lots you will keep sampling it.
Heavenly rich and creamy. Perfect hot or cold. Lovely on a trifle. Make lots you will keep sampling it.
Ingredients
Serves: a jug
Metric
Cups
- 275 millilitres double cream (or single)
- 3 medium egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon cornflour
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- 2 drops vanilla essence
- 9⅔ fluid ounces heavy cream (or single)
- 3 medium egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
- 2 drops vanilla essence
Method
Easy Proper Custard Sauce is a community recipe submitted by Rhyleysgranny and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
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Posted by Cereda on 14th December 2011
Show more commentsThis works very well indeed, delicate flavour, also very easy.