Basic Custard Dairy Free Food

BASIC VANILLA CUSTARD

Steps:

• Have eggs ready in a bowl, and set aside where it will be within reach.
• Using a whisk, combine milk, sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan over medium heat on stovetop. Allow milk to scald (heat to the point when tiny bubbles form around edges of pan). Whisk occasionally to prevent cornstarch from clumping on bottom edges of pan.
• Remove milk mixture from heat, preferably to a burner that's turned off.
• Mix about 2 tablespoons of scalded milk mixture into eggs using whisk, then introduce eggs into milk mixture in a slow stream, whisking milk mixture constantly.
• Immediately return pan to heat and whisk gently until custard thickens, another two or three minutes. Do not allow to boil. (If you find that you have egg white strands in custard, feel free to pass it through a fine-mesh sieve into a different bowl now.)
• Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla.

BANANA CUSTARD FILLING (DAIRY FREE)

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix and set aside.
• Pour hemp milk into a saucepan, cook over medium heat, stirring regularly, until candy thermometer registers 160 degrees.
• Gradually stir one fourth of the hot hemp milk into egg.
• Add remaining hemp milk to egg, stirring until well combined.
• Stir into reserved dry ingredients.
• Return mixture to pot and cook stirring constantly until mixture thickens and coats the spoon.
• Remove from heat and stir in margarine, vanilla, and bananas.
• Let cool to room temperature before using as a cake filling or pour into single serving dessert bowls to cool.

BASIC SUGAR FREE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and spray a casserole dish with non - stick spray.
• Whisk all ingredients, except nutmeg, together for one minute.
• Pour into prepared dish.
• Place filled dish into a shallow baking dish and pour hot water into baking dish to come halfway up the side of filled dish.
• Place on oven shelf and sprinkle with nutmeg.
• Bake for 20 minutes then reduce heat to 325 and bake for 40 minutes or until custard is set and a sharp knife comes out clean when inserted.
• Remove dish from water.
• Serve hot, warm or cold.

SOY CUSTARD - GLUTEN AND DAIRY FREE

Steps:

• Whisk the egg yolks with the maple syrup in a bowl.
• Warm the soy milk in a saucepan.
• Add the egg and maple mixture to the milk. Return the saucepan to a medium heat and stir constantly until the mixture thickens.

BASIC CUSTARD - DAIRY FREE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, whisk together egg yolks and sugar until smooth.
• Gradually whisk in orange juice.
• Cook over medium heat, whisking frequently to prevent curdling, until thickened, about 5 minutes.