You have to give this Sugar Free Custard from scratch a go. I never thought that I could give up the convenience of packet custard for making custard from scratch, but this sugar free custard I made was easy, and tasted o much better than the stuff you buy from the supermarket.
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This sugarless custard had more taste, more flavour, generally more complexity going on which funnily enough you should probably expect when you go to the effort of making something that’s not out of a packet! So what makes it sugar free? Well, in my kitchen, I use natural sweeteners like natvia, norbu or stevia. Much much better not only for your waisteline and keeping cravings at bay, but also for your health as well.
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How To Make Sugar Free Custard From Scratch
Making custard from scratch is actually quite simple. I don’t know why I have avoided it for so many years. I mean I grew up eating custard and apple pie filling that my mum used to make, and I have eaten it many times since.
But sadly too many times I took the shortcut and bought premade custard from the cold food section of the supermarket. Or when I was trying to be a bit more DIY at making custard, several times I made custard from a packet mix. Both of these options are perfectly fine, except that they have heaps of sugar! Especially the premade cold version. Plus I realise now, after making my own custard from scratch that they taste kind of fake and overly processed.
The thing is, as I began to eat less and less sugar, and my tastebuds changed, I found that they were just too sweet for me, hence my investigation into how to make a sugar free custard began.
A Sugar Free Custard Recipe with 5 Ingredients
It takes 5 key ingredients, 6 if you count the nutmeg on top which is completely optional (and I highly recommend!). The thing to be careful of is to not boil the milk and vanilla bean initially, as you don’t want boiling milk turning your egg mixture into semi scrambled eggs!
So very warm milk, stirred into the egg mixture, then onto the stove. The key is to have patience whilst it works its magic. It may take between 15 and 20 minutes for the custard to thicken up and become that rich creamy sugar free dessert you are secretly craving!
TIP: Whatever you do, don’t get distracted doing something else and leave the custard to cook itself. You may end up coming back to a gluggy mess that is thick and sticking to the saucepan. Stick close to the stove whilst it’s thickening and remember, patience, it will eventually turn into thick creamy and lush custard.
I tend to eat my desserts cold and I definitely like to eat my custard cold. Is this weird? My husband thinks so. He likes to eat his custard fairly hottish, which I can’t bring myself to do. So, with my cold custard, I love to have it drizzled over chunks of apple pie fillingor over my sugar free apple crumble.
How Long Does Homemade Sugar Free Custard Keep For?
If you can stop yourself from eating this custard all in one sitting, it will keep in the fridge for 3 days, but make sure to cover it with plastic, or store it in an air tight container to keep it from forming a skin on top.
How soon can you have this custard made and on the table for dessert? 25 minutes tops! The perfect amount of time to let dinner settle so you’re ready for round 2!
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Homemade Sugar Free Custard
Kim
Easy homemade sugar free custard that is rich and creamy and actually tastes like custard. More flavour and way less sugar than store bought and you probably have the ingredients in your kitchen right now. Who needs packet mixes! Not me!
Note: Sugars contained in this recipe are from naturally occurring sugars in fruits, vegetables or other natural sweeteners. Calories have been calculated for your convenience using My Fitness Pal and are based on the ingredients listed in the recipe card.
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Custard is a decadent dessert made with eggs, milk, and sugar. Eggs are responsible for custard's thick and velvety texture, but some recipes (such as this one) call for thickeners such as cornstarch or arrowroot for extra richess.
Put the cream and milk into a large pan and gently bring to just below boiling point. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk the yolks, cornflour, sugar and vanilla. Gradually pour the hot milk mixture onto the sugar mixture, whisking constantly. Wipe out the saucepan and pour the mixture back into it.
In the USA it is more like ice cream, or frozen Yogurt, or what the local place in St Louis Ted Drewes calls “concrete”. In other word it's usually a chilled confection of the same consistency as ice cream and often served by itself in a pot.
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Custard is a creamy, light dessert or sauce made from boiling or baking an egg-and-milk mixture. Custards are of two types—stirred or baked. They are used as desserts, sauces, bases for other desserts, and some savory dishes, such as a quiche or a frittata.
Sugar as an anticoagulant – when it's heated, sugar delays the coagulation of proteins (or the change to a more semi-solid state), which is useful for products such as baked custards and other desserts.
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1 small glass (150ml) of pure fruit juice or smoothie a day. 1 to 2 plain biscuits such as Rich Tea, Oatcakes, Ginger or Garibaldi. A small serving of low fat milk puddings such as rice pudding, semolina or low fat custard.
Custard powder can be high in fat, sugar, and sodium, which can be unhealthy when consumed in large amounts. 2. Custard powder is not a natural food, and it is made up of artificial ingredients, so it may not have the same nutritional value as other foods.
The most common mistake people make in baking a custard is not putting enough water in the hot-water bath. The water should come up to the level of the custard inside the cups. You must protect your custard from the heat.
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Mix flour and cold water well, making sure the mixture is smooth. For 1 cup (240 mL) of custard, use 2 tablespoons (17 g) of flour mixed with 4 tablespoons (59 mL) of cold water. Add the mixture into your custard ingredients as they cook on the stove. Use cornstarch as an alternative to flour.
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Sweet custards are more common, though, and they can take the form of a filling for a pastry, like crème patissière, or pastry cream, which is a stirred custard with added flour; or a sauce that's poured over a dessert, such as crème Anglaise, which is simply a thin stirred custard; as well as the main element of the ...
Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin.
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