Vanilla custard

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• juaniuna

  25 February 2011

  juaniuna commented on this recipe

  Hi can you confirm is it supposed to read 1 litre of milk?

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• Caz140

  26 October 2011

  Caz140 commented on this recipe

  Serve with what dumplings?!

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• EBW

  15 November 2011

  EBW rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious! Best custard I've tried. I halved the recipe and used soya milk and it was spot on!

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• Olivia_B

  28 April 2012

  Olivia_B rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This recipe is so quick and so easy!!! I made the ingredients smaller so it would be enough for 3 portions, and it literally took me 5mins!! Will be definately making again

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• JodiEgypt

  29 September 2012

  JodiEgypt commented on this recipe

  how do you get vanilla sugar? is it something you can make yourself by infusing normal sugar with vanilla?

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• Anna

  07 November 2012

  Anna commented on this recipe

  I make this in the microwave. It means that the milk does not get a burnt taste. You have to keep an eye on it so the milk does not boil over. And you have to take it out quite a few times to stir it. It gets an amazing fluffy delicious texture. Takes about 5 minutes with the ingredients divided in half.

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• Chicaboo

  19 January 2013

  Chicaboo commented on this recipe

  First timer for custard, this recipe was extremely easy to follow and I will never eat packet custard again, absolutely gorgeous, I halved the recipe as a smaller family might not want to make quite so much.

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  19 January 2013

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• Avaleurs

  23 January 2013

  Avaleurs commented on this recipe

  How do you make Vanilla sugar??

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• Frenchie

  20 February 2013

  Frenchie commented on this recipe

  Avaleurs - Scrape the vanilla seeds from a pod, add 2 cups of sugar and seal in an airtight jar for 2 weeks for the flavour to develop.

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Ingredients

• 1l milk
• 8 egg yolks
• 140g vanilla sugar
• 3 tbsp cornflour
• 3 tbsp plain flour

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Serves 8

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Prep 10 mins

Cook 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1l milk
• 8 egg yolks
• 140g vanilla sugar
• 3 tbsp cornflour
• 3 tbsp plain flour

PER SERVING

228 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 31g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 0g, sugar 24g, salt 0.17 g

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