Basic Vanilla Custard Recipe

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Basic Vanilla Custard
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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

  1. Have eggs ready in a bowl, and set aside where it will be within reach.
  2. Using a whisk, combine milk, sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan over medium heat on stovetop. Allow milk to scald (heat to the point when tiny bubbles form around edges of pan). Whisk occasionally to prevent cornstarch from clumping on bottom edges of pan.
  3. Remove milk mixture from heat, preferably to a burner that's turned off.
  4. Mix about 2 tablespoons of scalded milk mixture into eggs using whisk, then introduce eggs into milk mixture in a slow stream, whisking milk mixture constantly.
  5. Immediately return pan to heat and whisk gently until custard thickens, another two or three minutes. Do not allow to boil. (If you find that you have egg white strands in custard, feel free to pass it through a fine-mesh sieve into a different bowl now.)
  6. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 519.59 Kcal (2175 kJ)
Calories from fat 79.2 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.8g 14%
Cholesterol 337.16mg 112%
Sodium 333.37mg 14%
Potassium 893.33mg 19%
Total Carbs 80.1g 27%
Sugars 63.85g 255%
Dietary Fiber 0.16g 1%
Protein 26.14g 52%
Iron 1.8mg 10%
Calcium 648.3mg 65%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 81.46 Kcal (341 kJ)
Calories from fat 12.42 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.38g 14%
Cholesterol 52.86mg 112%
Sodium 52.27mg 14%
Potassium 140.06mg 19%
Total Carbs 12.56g 27%
Sugars 10.01g 255%
Dietary Fiber 0.03g 1%
Protein 4.1g 52%
Iron 0.3mg 10%
Calcium 101.6mg 65%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 11.1
    Points
  • 13
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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