Name: Vanilla custard
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 cup milk; 1 vanilla pod split lengthways; 4 egg yolks; 4 tablespoon sugar

Vanilla custard

The chilly weather is on its way. Work on your internal insulation with Sarah Bowman’s rich and warming vanilla custard

Makes 500 millilitre

Cook

20M

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Ingredients

2 cup milk

1 vanilla pod split lengthways

4 egg yolks

4 tablespoon sugar

Method

1.Gently heat milk and vanilla in a pot until it just starts to simmer. Remove immediately from heat and extract vanilla pod, scraping seeds back into milk before discarding pod.

2.Beat yolks and sugar until pale and thick in a medium bowl.

3.Pour warm milk into yolks while beating. Return to pot and place over another pot part-filled with hot water. Place over heat and stir constantly until custard coats back of a wooden spoon. Remove from heat immediately and pour into a jug.

4.Serve warm or chilled.

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