
Orange Custard
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Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon fresh orange zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Directions
- Heat milk in medium saucepan until hot but not boiling.
- While milk is heating, add sugar and cornstarch to mixing bowl. Whisk together.
- With an electric mixer or by hand, whisk egg yolks into sugar mixture until pale yellow.
- Whisk in orange zest, orange juice, and vanilla.
- Remove milk from heat.
- While whisking/mixing on low, very slowly pour heated milk into egg mixture. Mix slowly until combined.
- Pour mixture back into sauce pan and place over medium heat.
- Heat and whisk continuously for 5 minutes, until custard has thickened to consistency of thick pudding.
- Once thick, remove from heat and whisk in butter.
- Pour custard into large bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing plastic wrap onto top of custard to prevent skin from forming.
- Chill for at least 4 hours before serving.
Imperial Sugar Insight
This recipe first appeared in the 1988 edition of Homemade Good News Vol. IX.
Recipe developed for Imperial Sugar by Angie Barrett @BigBearsWife.
It was fantastic!!! I told hubby it was pudding , he says he doesn't like custard lol. He could not rave enough at how good and addicting it is!!! I told him custard which opened his mind some! Thanks for recipe, will be making again real soon. Oh it was very easy too!!