Ingredients for 4 servings:4 yolks
100 gr sugar
30 gr flour
Half litre of milk
Vanillin or grated lemon zest Ready in: about 30 minutes
How to prepare the recipe: "Custard":
Pour the milk into a pot, add a pinch of vanillin or grated lemon zest, boil, turn off the heat.
Into another pot beat the yolks with the sugar, add the flour a little by little always beating until the mixture is well mixed.
Dilute a little by little, and always stirring, with the hot boiling milk.
Place on the heat, keep on stirring and simmer for 3-4- minutes.
Remove from heat, pour the cream into a bowl and let it cool stirring occasionally, so that no film forms on the surface
Chef’s advices
Custard is used to stuff puffs (beignets), profiteroles, cannoncini and many other cakes.
Flour makes it a little more consistent but less delicate than the crème anglaise.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Difficulty: easy
Origin: Italy

Nougat with honey and almonds
(Desserts)
Toast almonds in the oven at 180 °C or in a nonstick skillet at low heat in order to make them golden and let them cool. ...
Stuffed dates
(Desserts)
Combine the mascarpone and the ricotta with the icing sugar, stir until you get an homogeneous cream. Pass the cream thr ...
Raspberries tart
(Desserts)
Dough: knead flour with butter (into pieces), eggs, sugar, vanillin and 1 or 2 tbsp of cold water.
Knead until you get ...
Baked apples
(Desserts)
Wash, dry and remove the core from the apples. Place them on an ovenproof dish; fill the hollow with jam, sprinkle with ...
Chocolate tiramisù
(Desserts)
Cut savoiardi in half and soak into egg liqueur, then place them vertically on the bottom of the glasses, in order to ma ...