Sweet Maple Custard Food

MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients.
• Pour into small custard dishes or individual souffle cups.
• Set molds in a pan of hot water and bake, uncovered at 350F for 40 minutes or until the blade of a kitchen knife in center comes out clean.
• Serve warm or cold.

MAPLE SYRUP CUSTARD CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk eggs in a bowl until lightly beaten. Add milk, maple syrup, and vanilla extract; gently beat until incorporated. Pour mixture into six 1/4-cup ramekins. Arrange ramekins in a baking dish. Pour enough water into baking dish to cover ramekins halfway up the sides.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center of a custard comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove ramekins from baking dish and refrigerate until completely chilled, at least 1 hour.

MAPLE CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Roll out 1 disk of dough to just under 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface and fit into a 9-inch glass pie plate. Trim excess, leaving a 1-inch overhang; fold edges under and set aside. Roll out half of remaining disk of dough (reserve remaining dough for another use) to just under 1/4 inch thick, cut out small leaf shapes, and mark veins with the back of a knife, if desired. Brush edges of piecrust with egg wash and apply leaves. Freeze for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brush pastry leaves with more egg wash. Line crust with parchment and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until crust is set, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove pie weights and parchment, and continue to bake until bottom of crust is lightly browned, about 10 minutes more. Let cool completely on a wire rack, about 1 hour.
• Make the filling: Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees. Place syrup in a large saucepan over medium-high and cook until reduced by a quarter, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in cream and bring to a simmer; remove from heat.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together egg, yolks, vanilla, salt, and nutmeg. Whisking constantly, slowly add cream mixture to egg mixture, and strain custard mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a large glass measuring cup.
• Pour custard into crust and place on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until filling is just set but still slightly wobbly, 45 to 60 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before serving.

MAPLE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Prepare the pastry in a food processor, combine the walnuts and sugar and pulse until the nuts are finely ground. Add the flour and salt and pulse to incorporate. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is the texture of coarse meal with pea size pieces. Add 2 tablespoons of ice water and pulse until the dough is evenly moistened. The dough should hold together when squeezed, but not be too wet. Add up to 2 more tablespoons of ice water, if necessary. Tip out the dough onto a piece of plastic wrap and using the plastic to gather the dough together, form it into a disk. Chill for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days. (Alternatively, you can freeze the dough for up to 1 week).
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a 12-inch-diameter round (about 1/8 inch thick). Transfer the dough to a 9-inch standard pie plate. Trim the excess dough and fold it to make a decorative edge. Wrap in plastic wrap and freeze for at least 15 minutes. Line the frozen shell with parchment paper or foil and fill with pie weights. Bake the crust until the edges are lightly golden and the crust beneath the parchment is dry, about 25 minutes. Remove the parchment and weights and continue to bake the crust until it is golden brown about 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Set a fine mesh sieve next to the crust for later.
• Prepare the filling: In a small saucepan, bring the maple syrup to a boil over high heat, then lower the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Continue to cook the syrup until it has reduced by about half, about 12 minutes. (You can occasionally pour the syrup into a glass measuring cup to check the volume.) In a medium saucepan (away from the stovetop), whisk the egg yolks with the cornstarch until smooth. In a slow stream, while whisking, add the milk and cream. Add the salt, butter, and reduced maple syrup. Don't worry if the syrup seizes. It will smooth out in the next step when you heat the custard. Cook the milk mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until it has thickened and come to a low boil, about 7 minutes. Cook the custard for 1 minute more and then pour it through the sieve into the cooled crust and spread it out evenly.
• Press a piece of waxed paper directly onto the surface of the custard and transfer the pie to the fridge. Chill the pie for at least 4 hours or up to overnight. To serve, top the pie with whipped cream.

SIMPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Cook and stir milk, vanilla extract, and butter in a saucepan over medium heat until simmering. Remove mixture from heat before it comes to a boil.
• Whisk eggs, sugar, and cornstarch together in a bowl until sugar dissolves.
• Set saucepan back over low heat. Pour in egg mixture slowly, whisking constantly, until custard thickens enough to coat the bottom of a spoon, 5 to 10 minutes.

SWEET MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour into 4 individual ramekins. Set ramekins in pan of hot water that comes halfway up sides of ramekins.
• Bake at 350 degrees about 40 minutes, or until knife inserted in center of custard comes out clean. Serve warm or chilled.

SWEET AND HOT MAPLE MUSTARD

Steps:

• In food processor or blender, blend mustard, sugar, maple syrup, oil, vinegar and salt until smooth. With motor running, add water, scraping down side of bowl as necessary.
• Fill decorative jar or jars; seal.
• Use immediately for hot mustard or store at room temperature for 2 weeks before using for mild mustard.
• Make-ahead: Store at room temperature for up to 6 months.

BAKED MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Whisk eggs until blended. Add milk, Splenda and vanilla Continue whisking until evenly blended.
• Pour 1 tablespoons maple syrup into the bottom of four custard cups. Gently pour mixture on top. Place cups in baking pan and pour boiling water to within 3/4 -inch of top of cups.
• Bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes or until knife edge inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on rack. Chill.
• At serving time, run a knife around edge of each cup and invert onto dessert plate.

BAKED MAPLE CUSTARDS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a medium saucepan, heat the milk over medium heat until very hot but not boiling. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk the eggs with a fork, being careful to incorporate as little air as possible. Very gradually whisk in the hot milk. Whisk in the maple syrup and the vanilla. Strain the custard through a fine-mesh sieve and use a spoon to skim off the foam.
• Place 6 2/3-cup ceramic ramekins or custard cups in a shallow roasting pan and pour in boiling water to reach halfway up their sides. Carefully ladle in the custard and bake until just set, about 40 minutes. Serve warm.

SWEET PUMPKIN MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Oil a 9-by-13-inch metal baking pan; set aside. Place a steamer basket in a medium saucepan filled with several inches of water; cover, and bring water to a boil. Add pumpkins; steam until just tender, 10 to 20 minutes. Remove from steamer; set aside to cool.
• Cut off the tops of the pumpkins, and remove the seeds and stringy pulp. Transfer to baking pan, and set aside.
• Place puree, 1/2 cup maple syrup, sugar, eggs, 1 cup cream, salt, and spices in a medium bowl; whisk until well combined. Pour custard into prepared pumpkins, pouring in only enough to reach lower edge of opening. Bake until custard puffs and sets and a knife inserted into pumpkin comes out clean, 40 to 90 minutes, depending on shape and thickness of pumpkin. Alternatively, pour 3/4 cup mixture into six 6-ounce ovenproof ramekins or custard cups. Set ramekins in a water bath; bake until edges are firm and center is still slightly wobbly, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven, and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Whip remaining cup cream. Cut pumpkin into wedges, and serve wedges or ramekins with whipped cream and maple syrup.

MAPLE SYRUP CUSTARD

Steps:

• Position the oven rack in the middle position; preheat oven to 325°; butter or spray six 4-ounce ramekins.
• In a medium saucepan over med-low heat, warm the half-and-half and ½ cup of maple syrup just until steam begins to rise.
• In a bowl, whisk the eggs until slightly thickened; add in the salt and rum.
• Slowly pour the hot syrup mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly.
• Set the ramekins in a large baking pan lined with a dish towel.
• Set the pan on the oven rack and ladle the maple custard mixture into the ramekins.
• Carefully add enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake 25-30 minutes, until barely set.
• Carefully remove the pan from the oven and remove the ramekins from the water bath with a dish towel.
• Refrigerate immediately, covering the ramekins with plastic wrap after slightly, at least 2 hours or even overnight.
• Just before serving, garnish each custard with a dollop of whipped cream and walnut halves and drizzle with a teaspoon of the remaining maple syrup.