Use this easy custard recipe to make delicious thick custard at home with basic store cupboard ingredients - you'll never want to buy it again.
Course Dessert
Cuisine English
Keyword Milk
Prep Time 2 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 12 minutesminutes
Servings 8servings
Author Skint Chef
Ingredients
200mldouble cream64p, 32p/100ml
700mlwhole milk28p, 44p/l
4egg yolks52p, 13p each
1 ½tablespooncornflour6p, 26p/100g
100gcaster sugar16p, 16p/100g
1teaspoonvanilla extract16p, £3.17/100g
Instructions
Whisk together the egg yolks, cornflour, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
Put the cream and milk in a large pan and gently heat so it's just below boiling. Pour hot milk mixture into the egg mix, constantly whisking.
Quickly clean the saucepan and pour the mixture back into the saucepan. Heat gently until the custard starts to thicken - don’t overcook or it will go lumpy!
Serve immediately (can be cooled and eaten cold too!)
Notes
Total cost £1.82, 23p per servingFigures are correct at the time of calculation. Prices are based on a generic, mid price range supermarket, choosing their own value brand.