Lemon Confectioner's Custard

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 350 g, you will need:

• 1 250 ml milk
• 2 1 lemon
• 3 ½ vanilla pod
• 4 3 egg yolks
• 5 30 g caster sugar
• 6 20 g cornflour
• Total weight: 492 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
9 min.	14 min.	23 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Pour 250 ml milk into a saucepan. Grate the lemon zest into the milk...
2	...and add ½ vanilla pod. Mix well.
3	Bring to the boil on medium heat. As soon as the milk comes to the boil, take off the heat, cover and leave to infuse for 15 minutes.
4	Mix 3 egg yolks and 30 g caster sugar with a soft spatula. Add 20 g cornflour and mix again.
5	Pour the milk, while it is still hot, onto the egg yolks through a sieve to remove the lemon zest (which has a rather unpleasant texture in the mouth). Stir to mix thoroughly.
6	Pour the mixture back into the pan, put on low heat and leave to thicken while beating continuously.
7	Once the custard has thickened, leave to cook for 10 minutes uncovered, then add the lemon juice and beat in rapidly with the whisk. Your lemon confectioner's custard is ready.
8	If you want to cool the custard quickly, even very quickly, do it like the professionals. See how in this video.

Remarks

To make a lime version of this custard, simply use a lime instead of the lemon.

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