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Coffee custard

Name: Coffee custard
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 350 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 ml whole milk; 30 g ground coffee; 3 egg yolks; 50 g caster sugar

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

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Duration

30 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: May 4^th 2022

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 350 g, you will need:

1 250 ml whole milk
2 30 g ground coffee
3 3 egg yolks
4 50 g caster sugar
Total weight: 390 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

6 min.

Resting

10 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

30 min.

Preparation 6 min.

Resting 10 min.

Cooking 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 8 min.

Bring 250 ml 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 30 g ground coffee and mix well. Cover and leave to infuse for 10 minutes.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 min.

Meanwhile mix 3 egg yolks and 50 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

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	5 g RDI=9 %	15 g RDI=6 %	7 g RDI=10 %	147 kcal RDI=7 %	617 kJ RDI=7 %
Whole recipe	22 g RDI=34 %	58 g RDI=22 %	27 g RDI=38 %	575 kcal RDI=29 %	2,407 kJ RDI=29 %