Dessert Recipes - Easy Custard Recipe

Ingredients

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups milk

• 15 ml/1 tbsp corn flour (cornstarch)

• 15 ml/1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

• 2 egg yolks

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Method:

1. Blend a little of the milk with the corn flour in a saucepan. Stir in the remaining milk, the sugar and vanilla essence.

2. Bring to the boil, stirring, until thickened. Whisk in the egg yolks and cook for 1 minute, stirring.

3. Serve hot or cover with a piece of wet greaseproof (waxed) paper and leave until cold.