Custard
noun
A type of sweet sauce made from milk, sugar, and eggs, often served with dessert.
She served the apple pie with a side of vanilla custard.
Often appears as...
- vanilla custard
- custard apple
noun
A dessert or sweet dish made to resemble custard.
My grandmother's recipe for custard pie is the best.
Often appears as...
- custard pie
- custard tart
noun
A type of soft, sweet ice cream.
I treated myself to a large cup of strawberry custard from the ice cream parlor.
Often appears as...
- frozen custard
- chocolate custard
noun
A type of sweet sauce made from milk, sugar, and eggs, often served with dessert.
She served the apple pie with a side of vanilla custard.
Often appears as...
- vanilla custard
- custard apple
noun
A dessert or sweet dish made to resemble custard.
My grandmother's recipe for custard pie is the best.
Often appears as...
- custard pie
- custard tart
noun
A type of soft, sweet ice cream.
I treated myself to a large cup of strawberry custard from the ice cream parlor.
Often appears as...
- frozen custard
- chocolate custard
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Pro Tip 1/3Traditional Dessert
Custard is often a part of classic English desserts, symbolizing comfort and home cooking.
At the end of the meal, they enjoyed a traditional egg custard.
Pro Tip 2/3Texture Importance
The smooth texture is key; it should be thick enough to coat a spoon, but not lumpy or separated.
The custard for the trifle was perfectly smooth and creamy.
Pro Tip 3/3Temperature Matters
Custard can be served hot or cold and may change in thickness depending on temperature.
She prefers her custard cold, especially on a hot day.
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Nadiya Hussain
British Chef
Once a month we have 'dessert for dinner' night. I'll make four separate desserts. They'll come home from school and eat as much cake and custard and ice cream as they can physically get in their guts. Because sometimes I think, let them just be children.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown?
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Chris Tarrant
English Celebrity
I don't want to go back to Capital Radio. I don't want to go back to rolling in custard with Sheena Easton and Annie Lennox.
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Rowan Atkinson
English Comedian
And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends up on his face.
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Fiona Bruce
British Journalist
You can't beat a good millefeuille, which is basically a posh custard slice. Yum!
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Jimi Manuwa
British Athlete
I love apple crumble and custard - that's my little treat.
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Gemma Collins
English Celebrity
I think it's acceptable to eat custard on Sundays.
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Lynn Redgrave
British Actress
God always has another custard pie up his sleeve.
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Nancy Reagan
American First Lady
The movies were custard compared to politics.
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Margaret Forster
British Author
God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve.
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Nadiya Hussain
British Chef
Once a month we have 'dessert for dinner' night. I'll make four separate desserts. They'll come home from school and eat as much cake and custard and ice cream as they can physically get in their guts. Because sometimes I think, let them just be children.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown?
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Chris Tarrant
English Celebrity
I don't want to go back to Capital Radio. I don't want to go back to rolling in custard with Sheena Easton and Annie Lennox.
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Rowan Atkinson
English Comedian
And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends up on his face.
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Fiona Bruce
British Journalist
You can't beat a good millefeuille, which is basically a posh custard slice. Yum!
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Jimi Manuwa
British Athlete
I love apple crumble and custard - that's my little treat.
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Gemma Collins
English Celebrity
I think it's acceptable to eat custard on Sundays.
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Lynn Redgrave
British Actress
God always has another custard pie up his sleeve.
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Nancy Reagan
American First Lady
The movies were custard compared to politics.
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Margaret Forster
British Author
God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve.
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