Would you like to make a tasty homemade lemon custard? You can use this fast and simple recipe that produces a lovely dessert in just five minutes. Put together your ingredients: you’ll need two medium-sized eggs, ¼ cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, one cup milk and a pinch of salt.
Get a mixing bowl and whisk together the sugar with the eggs until they become pale in color and slightly thickened. Continue stirring while gradually adding the freshly squeezed lemon juice to get smoothness.
Warm milk over low heat, until it almost comes into simmering point in a saucepan. Warm up the milk well before pouring slowly into egg mixture so as not to end up with lumps. Return this combined mix back to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until it starts becoming like custard which is about 2-3 mins.
The next thing is after thickness has developed; remove from heat and let it cool for few minutes before serving. For extra beauty, garnish custard with some grated or whipped cream on top. This homemade lemon custard is very creamy whether served warm or cold with its rich citrus flavor.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 cup milk
Pinch of salt
Instructions:
In a mixing bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar until they turn pale and slightly thickened.
The freshly squeezed lemon juice is to be added at intervals so as to get a smooth uniform mixture.
Heat milk in a saucepan over medium heat until it begins to steam.
While constantly whisking, pour into it the warm milk slowly so as not to curdle it.
Consequently, put this combined mixture back into saucepan and cook on low heat stirring all the time for approximately 2-3 minutes or until thick and custardy.
Once ready remove from heat and let cool off before eating.
You may add some grated rind of lemon or dollop with whipped cream if you wish to decorate it more nicely.
Serve warm or cold; this is your homemade lemon custard!
Within five minutes you can have your sweet tooth satisfied using this easy recipe.