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Vanilla custard

The chilly weather is on its way. Work on your internal insulation with Sarah Bowman’s rich and warming vanilla custard

  • 20 mins cooking
  • Makes 500 millilitre
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Ingredients

Vanilla custard
  • 2 cup milk
  • 1 vanilla pod split lengthways
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 4 tablespoon sugar

Method

Vanilla custard
  • 1
    Gently heat milk and vanilla in a pot until it just starts to simmer. Remove immediately from heat and extract vanilla pod, scraping seeds back into milk before discarding pod.
  • 2
    Beat yolks and sugar until pale and thick in a medium bowl.
  • 3
    Pour warm milk into yolks while beating. Return to pot and place over another pot part-filled with hot water. Place over heat and stir constantly until custard coats back of a wooden spoon. Remove from heat immediately and pour into a jug.
  • 4
    Serve warm or chilled.