Recipe question?

Question

Has anyone got a recipe for mint custard,just like what we had at school.

Answer 1

200 ml milk
3 egg yolks
40 g sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon creme de menthe
1 teaspoon chopped mint leaves


Bring the milk, vanilla essence to the boil in a heavy-based saucepan.
Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until white in colour.
Slowly add the hot milk to the egg mixture.
Return the custard back to a clean saucepan and gently reheat until the custard coasts the back of your spoon.
Do not boil.
Refrigerate until cold and fold in crème de menthe and mint leaves.

Answer 2

Mint Custard









2 servings 10 min 5 min prep
Change to: servings US Metric
200 ml milk
3 egg yolks
40 g sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon creme de menthe
1 teaspoon chopped mint leaves





Bring the milk, vanilla essence to the boil in a heavy-based saucepan.
Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until white in colour.
Slowly add the hot milk to the egg mixture.
Return the custard back to a clean saucepan and gently reheat until the custard coasts the back of your spoon.
Do not boil.
Refrigerate until cold and fold in crème de menthe and mint leaves.

Answer 3

Mint Custard
Recipe #35581
back to the school days


2 servings 10 min prep

200 ml milk
3 egg yolks
40 g sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon creme de menthe
1 teaspoon chopped mint leaves


Bring the milk, vanilla essence to the boil in a heavy-based saucepan.
Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until white in colour.
Slowly add the hot milk to the egg mixture.
Return the custard back to a clean saucepan and gently reheat until the custard coasts the back of your spoon.
Do not boil.
Refrigerate until cold and fold in crème de menthe and mint leaves.

Answer 4

bring enough milk for your custard to the boil and switch off heat.now throw in fresh mint and leave to soak for an hour.strain the milk and then make your custard using the strained milk.throw the mint away.

Answer 5

I have never heard of that! Are u sure that you kids just didn't make it up?

I would be interested though. After all there is a cheese custard.