Cooking: Traditional

Vanilla Custard

For Year 9 Students

By Shaun Morris

Let’s Get Cooking!!!

Traditional vanilla custard• Ingredients (serves 4)• 1 cup milk• 1 cup thickened cream• 1 vanilla bean (see note)• 4 egg yolks• 1 tablespoon cornflour• 1/3 cup caster sugar• Method• Combine milk and cream in a small saucepan. Using a sharp knife,

split vanilla bean in half lengthways and scrape out seeds. Add bean and seeds to milk mixture. Place over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until hot (do not allow to boil). Remove saucepan from heat.

• Whisk egg yolks, cornflour and sugar in a heatproof bowl until well combined. Remove vanilla beans from milk mixture. Pour hot milk mixture over egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly.

• Return mixture to saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 15 to 20 minutes or until custard thickens and coats the back of a metal spoon (do not allow custard to boil, as it might curdle).

• Serve custard warm or cold over stewed fruit, pancakes or crumbles.• Notes & tips• You could use 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla paste instead of

the vanilla bean.• If cooling custard for later use, cover the surface with plastic wrap to

prevent a skin forming.• Variation• To make chocolate custard, add 100g chopped good-quality dark

or milk chocolate to the custard at the end of step 3 and stir until smooth.

Super Food Ideas - June 2006, Page 78 Recipe by Julie Jansen

Have an organised and clean work environment

Take your time and follow the recipe’s steps Carefully

Treat all ingredients with care in storage and transport

Different options for the same recipe

Perhaps Chocolate!!!!

Very important!

Be careful with this step...

How should it look?

The Perfect Crème Custard

All ingredients are important to achieve the desired

affect

Different options for the custard

Take care and pride in your work!!

It looks good…now let’s make it look great!

Your finished product…Well done!

Clean as you go

Your cooking is only as good as your cleaning

Working and cooking together as a team to achieve your goal

References • Background Music: Composed by Kevin MacLeod : Retrieved, 11th of August,2009, at,

http://music.incompetech.com/royalty-free/Brandenburg%20No4-1%20BWV1049.mp3

• Photos: In class environment with consent of students. Taken by Shaun Morris(2009)

• Recipe: http://www.taste.com.au

Thanks for the Cooperation of my Year 9 Students… You know

who you are!

Great Cooking!!!