Kicked Up Cherry Custard Recipes

CHERRY CUSTARD CLAFOUTI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place cherries in greased 9-inch pie pan; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar.
• Place milk in 5-cup blender container; add all remaining ingredients except powdered sugar. Cover; blend at medium speed 1-2 minutes or until smooth. Pour over cherries.
• Bake 40 -50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm. Store refrigerated.

STEAMED EGG CUSTARD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine shrimp, ham, salt, white pepper and mix well. Combine eggs and butter in another bowl. Combine dressing ingredients in a small bowl.
• Pour shrimp mixture and egg mixture into a heatproof glass pie dish and cover with another heatproof glass pie dish. Prepare a wok for steaming (wok should have 2 inches of simmering water in it) and place the pie dish in the wok, cover and steam over a medium heat for 15 minutes.
• Spoon dressing on top and serve.

CHERRY, CUSTARD & ALMOND SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Butter two 20cm loose-bottomed round sandwich tins and line with baking parchment. Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 4. Tip the butter and sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer and beat for 10 mins, or until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in the flour, ground almonds, baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt and the milk. Spoon the batter into the prepared tins and bake in the centre of the oven for 22-25 mins, or until risen and firm to the touch. Leave to cool in the tins for 5 mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Put the cherries, vanilla, sugar, lemon juice and kirsch or liqueur (if using) in a pan and bring to a simmer over a low heat. Cook for 5 mins, turn up the heat to medium and cook for 5-7 mins more until the liquid becomes syrupy. If the cherries are softened but the liquid isn't yet syrupy, strain the liquid into a separate pan and simmer until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
• Beat the cream and icing sugar together using an electric whisk until the cream has thickened, then fold in the custard and chill for 1 hr.
• Put one of the sponges on a cake plate or stand and spread over the custard cream. Spoon over the cherries, then top with the second sponge. Dust with more icing sugar and serve immediately. Leftovers will keep chilled for two days and are best served at room temperature.

RADIO DAYS CHERRY CUSTARD KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish. Whisk together 1 1/2 cup of sifted flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• With a pastry cutter, chop the unsalted butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs; mix in 1 egg and 1 tablespoon of milk, creating a dough; if dough seems dry and crumbly, mix in additional milk, a teaspoon at a time. Pat the dough into the prepared baking dish, and sprinkle the cherries evenly over the dough.
• In a bowl, sift 3/4 cup of sugar with 2 tablespoons of flour; whisk in the 3 eggs and 3/4 cup of milk until smooth. Mix in cinnamon and nutmeg if desired; pour the mixture over the cherries. In a small bowl, using a pastry cutter, chop 2 tablespoons of butter with 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup flour until crumbly; sprinkle the streusel over the custard mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the custard is set and the streusel is lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm or cold; refrigerate leftovers.

CHERRY CLAFOUTI (FRENCH CHERRY CUSTARD CAKE)

Steps:

• Make batter by combining eggs, milk, flour, sugar salt and vanilla in blender or food processor.
• Process until smooth.
• Pour batter over top of cherries.
• Bake in a 350F oven for about 90 minutes.
• Cake is done when batter has set in a custard like mass and a knife inserted comes out clean.
• Let cake cool in pan until lukewarm.
• Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.
• Due to the nature of this batter, the cake will fall as it cools-- so don't be alarmed.

FRENCH CHERRY CLAFOUTI PUDDING - FRENCH CHERRY CUSTARD BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F.
• Grease a baking tin or tian with a little butter; size about 6" x 9" or 12" long for an oval dish.
• In a food processor, blend together all the clafoutis batter ingredients, except the cherries.
• Pour the clafoutis batter into the greased tin or tian.
• Scatter the cherries into the top of the clafoutis batter.
• Bake in the oven for about 30 to 45 minutes or until risen and firm to the touch and golden brown.
• Serve warm with creme fraiche or cream.

PEAR AND DRIED-CHERRY CUSTARD CRISP

Steps:

• For topping:
• Mix first 6 ingredients in medium bowl. Add melted butter and vanilla extract; stir with fork until soft crumbly dough forms. (Can be made up to 6 hours ahead. Cover; let stand at room temperature.)
• For custard:
• Whisk eggs in medium bowl to blend. Whisk in crème fraîche and vanilla. Sift in flour; whisk until smooth. (Can be made up to 6 hours ahead. Cover and chill; rewhisk before using.)
• For filling:
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Generously butter 13x9x2-inch oval ceramic or glass baking dish. Combine pears, cherries, and lemon juice in large bowl; toss to blend. Mix flour, sugar, and lemon peel in small bowl. Add to pear mixture and toss to blend. Transfer pear mixture to prepared dish, pressing slightly with rubber spatula to form even layer. (Can be made up to 1 hour ahead; let stand at room temperature.)
• Pour custard evenly over pear mixture. Using fingertips, crumble topping evenly over. Bake until pears are tender and topping is deep golden, about 55 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature, with ice cream.