Custardpudding Recipes

CUSTARD BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Blend half-and-half, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in a blender until smooth. Arrange bread in a 9x13-inch baking dish; sprinkle with raisins and cinnamon. Pour egg mixture over bread.
• Place baking dish in a large roasting pan; fill roasting pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven until set, about 1 1/2 hours. Serve warm or cold.

CUSTARD PUDDINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a small saucepan, heat milk until bubbles form around sides of pan. In a small bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, salt and nutmeg. Remove milk from heat; stir a small amount of hot milk into egg mixture. Return all to pan, stirring constantly. Stir in extracts., Transfer to nine 4-oz. ramekins. Place cups in a baking pan; add 1 in. of boiling water to pan. Bake, uncovered, 25-30 minutes or until center is just set (mixture will jiggle). Remove ramekins from water bath; cool 10 minutes. Refrigerate until chilled.

BAKED CUSTARD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• In medium bowl, beat eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt with wire whisk or fork. Gradually stir in milk. Pour into six 6-ounce custard cups. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
• Place cups in 13x9-inch pan on oven rack. Pour very hot water into pan to within 1/2 inch of tops of cups (see box, below).
• Bake about 45 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean. Remove cups from water. Cool about 30 minutes. Unmold and serve warm, or refrigerate and unmold before serving. Store covered in refrigerator.

BASIC VANILLA CUSTARD

Steps:

• Have eggs ready in a bowl, and set aside where it will be within reach.
• 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.
• Remove milk mixture from heat, preferably to a burner that's turned off.
• 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.
• 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.)
• Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla.

CUSTARD/PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix together the sugar and cornstarch, then add the eggs. Beat until the mixture is well combined and pale colored.
• In a large saucepan, bring the milk to a boil over miedium-high heat. Stir frequently to keep it from sticking.
• Add a little of the hot milk to the egg mixture, and stir until combined. Then pour the egg mixture into the milk.
• Cook the mixture until it reaches desired thickness, stirring constantly.
• Stir in the vanilla.
• Remove from heat, and place plastic wrap on the surface of the pudding instead of just around the pot. This will prevent a skin from forming while it cools.

CUSTARD BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine raisins in rum and soak for at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a 10 by 3-inch round baking dish or 2-quart souffle dish with vegetable cooking spray. Add the bread cubes to the dish and sprinkle the raisin/rum mixture on top.
• In a large bowl, combine the milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir the egg mixture into the bread/raisin mixture. Cover with foil. Place the baking dish in a larger, high-sided roasting pan. Add boiling water into the roasting pan around the baking dish to a depth of 2 inches. Bake for 45 minutes. Remove the foil. Continue baking, uncovered, for 5 minutes, until top is golden and the mixture is slightly puffed or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool slightly before serving. If desired, serve with Creme Anglaise, flavored with rum to taste, if desired.

CUSTARD PUDDING

Steps:

• Make the custard .Combine the custard powder and a little of the milk and mix untill smooth. Add the remaining milk and mix together. Pour the mixture into a pan, adding the sugar and sour cream as well, and stir over a medium heat until thickened. Remove from the heat and cover with cling film or a lid to prevent a skin forming.
• Preheat the oven to a moderate 180 degrees (160 degrees if a fan assisted oven ).Gas mark 4.
• Making the sponge. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating and mixing well after each addition. Gently fold in the flour and custard powder alternatley with the cream.
• Assembling the dish. Pour half of the mixture into a 2 litre ovenproof dish, and top with the custard. Pour over the remaining sponge mixture and smooth out .
• Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until firm to touch. Serve with stewed apples or custard, if liked.