Custard sauce
Smooth vanilla pouring custard. Makes 2 cups (500 ml)
Proper pouring custard made the easy way with custard powder. It's thick, smooth and lightly sweet, just right with apple pie, crumbles, fruit salad and trifle. Serve it warm, or chill it for trifles.
- Total time
- 10 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Mix 2 tbsp custard powder into ½ cup milk of the cold milk in a jug until completely smooth.
Step 2: Bring the rest of the milk (1 ½ cups milk) to the boil in a saucepan with 4 tsp sugar, stirring so it doesn't catch.
5 minStep 3: Turn the heat down to low and pour in the custard mixture gradually, stirring all the time. Cook for 1 minute, until thick and smooth.
1 minStep 4: Take off the heat, let it cool a little and stir in ½ tsp vanilla essence. Cover the custard while it cools, so a skin doesn't form on top.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 125 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 17 g
- Fat
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
Badal Patel
Good to know
- How long does custard sauce take?
- About 10 minutes in total: 2 minutes to prepare and 8 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of milk?
- Oat, soy or almond milk, same amount (use unsweetened for savoury dishes).
- What can I use instead of custard powder?
- Cornflour with a drop of vanilla and a pinch of turmeric for colour, same amount.
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