Honey Lemon Custard With Fruit Recipes

HONEY-LEMON CUSTARD WITH FRUIT

Steps:

• Place ramekins on a rimmed baking sheet. Heat cream, 2 tablespoons honey, and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat until just beginning to simmer. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Add lemon peel; remove from heat. Let steep for 5 minutes (cream should register about 160°F on an instant-read thermometer). Remove vanilla bean and peel. Gently stir in 5 tablespoons lemon juice.
• Divide custard among ramekins and chill to let set for at least 1 hour or, covered, up to 1 day.
• Whisk remaining 2 tablespoons honey and 1 tablespoon lemon juice with rum in a small bowl. Stir in fruit; let sit until juicy, about 1 hour. Serve with custard.

LEMON HONEY BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat eggs in a large bowl. Stir in brown sugar, honey, lemon juice, lemon zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Blend in melted butter. Fill tart shells halfway.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown, and filling is set.

SIMPLE LIGHT LEMON CUSTARD

Steps:

• Combine eggs, lemon rind and sugar in a saucepan on medium heat.
• Cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent clumping, until mixture becomes well combined and light yellow.
• Add in light margarine and lemon juice, keep whisking and cooking for about 5 minutes.
• Set aside, let cool before serving.
• Mixture will thicken even more when cold.
• Enjoy on top of cakes, pies, fruit, ice cream -- or on its own!

HABANERO HONEY SWEET CORN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously butter a 9-inch pie dish.
• Combine fresh corn kernels, habanero pepper, eggs, water, and honey in a bowl. Puree with an immersion blender until almost smooth. Add flour, melted butter, cornmeal, salt, and baking powder; whisk until combined.
• Transfer mixture into the greased pie dish. Shake gently to settle mixture into the dish.
• Bake in the center of the preheated oven until golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Let cool until warm or room temperature before serving.

HONEY CUSTARD

Steps:

• Beat eggs until light. Add honey and salt. Continue beating until well blended. Scald milk. Slowly pour milk over egg mixture, stirring constantly. Add lemon extract and orange rind. Pour in buttered custard cups. Sprinkle nutmeg on top. Set in a shallow pan filled with an inch of hot water. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 45 minutes or until set.

LEMON CUSTARD PUDDINGS WITH HONEY ANGLAISE

Steps:

• To make the puddings, position the rack in the centre of the oven and preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan forced).
• Coat 4 1 cup ramekins with the butter and line a 33cm x 22cm x 5 cm baking dish with 2 paper towels and place the ramekins in the dish, the towels will prevent the dishes from moving around when transferred to the oven.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks, sugar and zest until creamy and pale yellow and then whisk in the flour, then whisk in the milk and lemon juice.
• Using an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and on medium speed, beat the egg whites in the mixer bowl for 2 minutes or until frothy and then add the salt, increase the speed to medium high and beat for about 30 seconds or until soft peaks form when the beaters are lifts.
• Using a whisk, gently fold the egg whites into the lemon butter and then fold in the almonds.
• The batter will be airy and loose, divide the batter equally among the prepared ramekins.
• Add enough boiling water to the baking dish to come halfway up the side of the ramekins.
• Carefully transfer the dish to the oven and bake the pudding for about 25 minutes or until golden brown on top and then carefully remove the pudding from the water bath and set them on a tea towel to cool for 2 minutes before serving.
• Meanwhile while the pudding are cooking, to make the anglaise, warm the milk in a heavy based small saucepan over medium heat until it is steaming but not simmering.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the yolks and honey to blend.
• Slowly pour half of the hot milk into the yolk mixture, whisking constantly and whisk the yolk mixture into the remain hot milk in the pan.
• Return the saucepan to a medium low heat and stir the custard constantly with a silicone spatula for 5 minutes or until it thickens enough to coat a spoon, do not allow the custard to simmer or it will curdle.
• Strain the custard through a fine mesh sieve into a small glass bowl, then set it over another bowl of iced water and stir until the custard is cool.
• Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• To serve dust the hot puddings with icing sugar and then serve with the anglaise.

FRUIT SALAD WITH LEMON-CINNAMON SYRUP

Steps:

• Place the sugar, water, lemon zest, cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes. Strain the syrup through a mesh strainer; refrigerate until cold.
• Place the mango, peaches, apple, raspberries, mint, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into a mixing bowl. Pour the chilled syrup overtop and gently stir to combine.