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Coffee custard

You are probably familiar with the classic real custard (crème anglaise). Here's a coffee-flavoured version.

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Last modified on: May 4^th 2022

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For 700 g, you will need:

1 500 g whole milk
2 60 g ground coffee
3 6 egg yolks
4 100 g caster sugar
Total weight: 780 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
6 min.	10 min.	13 min.	29 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 8 min.

Bring 500 g whole milk to the boil in a saucepan on medium heat.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

As soon as it boils, turn off the heat, add 60 g ground coffee and mix well. Cover and leave to infuse for 10 minutes.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Meanwhile mix 6 egg yolks and 100 g caster sugar in a small bowl.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Filter the milk and coffee through a very fine strainer.

You can also pour it through a coffee filter, which is even more effective.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Pour the coffee-flavoured milk onto the egg yolk and sugar mixture.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Mix thoroughly with a soft spatula.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Pour the mixture back into the saucepan (after washing it) and put back on low heat.

Stir constantly and gently...

Stage 8 - 5 min.

...until the custard "coats" the spatula: you should be able to leave a clear trace with your finger, like in the photo.

Take off the heat immediately and stand the saucepan in cold water, while continuing to stir for a few more minutes to stop the cooking.

Your coffee custard is ready.

Remarks

For the coffee flavour, you can use instant coffee or a coffee extract instead of the ground coffee.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,150 Kcal or 4,815 Kj	45 gr	118 gr	55 gr
58 %	17 %	11 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
147 Kcal or 615 Kj	6 gr	15 gr	7 gr
7 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 700 g : 1.43 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Paris flan filling, Hot chocolate, Celery soup bourguignonne style, Quiche filling mixture, Pain perdu, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tatin apple diplomat tart, Chocolate sauce, Cookies of the Camisards, Elsa's Comtoise galette, Apricot jam with vanilla, ... All
	Egg yolk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple and almond gratin, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, How to succeed in making sabayon (syllabub), Salmon chard rolls, Panettone, ... All

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