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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal454
  • fat35g
  • saturates18g
  • carbs26g
  • sugars25g
  • fibre0g
  • protein6g
  • salt0.16g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Splash a little milk into the cornflour until you have a smooth paste. Gradually stir in a little more milk until quite runny, then scrape into a large saucepan. Whisk in the remaining milk, cream, egg, yolks, vanilla and sugar. Put over a low-medium heat and, stirring or whisking constantly, bring just to the boil until thickened. Sieve into a jug and stir in the Cointreau. You can make this up to a day ahead – just lay a sheet of cling film directly on the surface of the custard to stop a skin forming, and chill. To serve, gently reheat.

RECIPE TIPS
KID-FRIENDLY VERSION

Make the recipe as above, but before you add the booze divide the custard in half, then add half the suggested amount of Cointreau to the grown-ups’ jug and the zest and juice of 1 clementine to the other.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2010

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dbcarey

I've made an extra special version of this last Christmas with added vanilla paste which, together with the citrus of the Contreau, packs an amazing punch and blends beautifully. Vanilla paste is not that easy to come by but I found it at http://newbymouth.com/vanillaworks

anamarie15

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Lovely flavour of this custard, but I used single cream in place of double cream, for a lower fat version.

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