Home-made Vanilla Custard Recipe

Serves For 4

Ingredients

2 egg yolks
2 heaped tablespoons cornflour
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence, or to taste

Method

Whisk egg yolks and cornflour to a smooth paste with a little of the milk.
Place remaining milk and caster sugar in a separate microwave bowl.
Heat milk in microwave until it boils.
Remove from microwave and add yolk, cornflour and milk paste.
Whisk until thick and add vanilla essence to taste.
Recipe notes

The milk must boil otherwise the custard does not thicken

NOTE: You can add any kind of fruit to flavor the yummy custard!