Makes 3 cups.
Brown sugar custard
Australian Gourmet Traveller Christmas recipe for brown sugar custard
- 5 mins preparation
- 10 mins cooking
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
- 1 litre milk (4 cups)
- 200 ml cream
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthways and seeds scraped
- 12 egg yolks
- 160 gm brown sugar
- 20 ml brandy (1 tbsp)
Method
Main
- 1Combine milk, cream, vanilla bean and seeds in a saucepan and bring to the simmer over low heat, remove vanilla bean and set aside. Whisk egg yolks, sugar and brandy in a large bowl, whisk in warm milk mixture and return to saucepan. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon over low heat for 10 minutes or until thickened and custard coats the back of the spoon. Serve immediately with <b><a href="/recipes/recipe-search/masterclass/2008/1/christmas-pudding/">Christmas pudding</a></b> or cool and refrigerate until required.