Harvest Corn Custards
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs ⓘ
- 13 cup sugar ⓘ
- 13 cup all-purpose flour ⓘ
- 18 tsp. salt ⓘ
- 2 cups low-fat milk ⓘ
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract ⓘ
- 1 Tbs. honey ⓘ
- Orange or red and yellow food coloring, such as Wilton or Seelect ⓘ
- 1 oz. chopped semisweet chocolate or 3 Tbs. chocolate chips ⓘ
- 1 cup whipping cream ⓘ
- Ground nutmeg, for sprinkling ⓘ
Instructions
- Whisk together eggs and sugar in heat-proof bowl until smooth and light-colored.
- Whisk in flour and salt.
- Bring milk to a boil in saucepan.
- Whisk 1/4 cup boiling milk into egg mixture.
- Whisk in 1/2 cup milk, then gradually whisk in remaining milk.
- Return mixture to saucepan, and cook 2 minutes over medium heat, or until thickened, whisking constantly.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 1 minute more.
- Remove from heat, and whisk in vanilla.
- Scoop 1 cup custard into bowl, and whisk in honey.
- Add food coloring to achieve bright-orange color.
- Transfer remaining custard to separate bowl, and whisk in chocolate until melted.
- Cover both custards with plastic wrap pressed directly onto surface to prevent skin from forming.
- Cool.
- Once cooled, whisk both custards until smooth.
- Beat whipping cream with electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Whisk 1/2 cup whipped cream into chocolate custard.
- Spoon 21/2 Tbs.
- honey custard into 6 small glasses, pressing down to remove any air pockets.
- Layer 1/4 cup chocolate custard atop honey custard in each glass, and smooth with spoon.
- Top each serving with 3 Tbs.
- whipped cream and a sprinkling of nutmeg.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
727
kcal
36% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).