Natillas Spanish Custard Recipes

Steps:

• Combine milk, cinnamon stick, and lemon zest in a saucepan over low heat. Cook for 10 minutes without letting it boil.
• Meanwhile, beat egg yolks and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Beat in cornstarch. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and lump-free.
• Remove and discard cinnamon stick and lemon zest from milk. Gradually add egg yolk mixture to the milk, and beat with a whisk over low heat until mixture starts to thickens, about 10 minutes. Bring custard to a boil and immediately remove from heat.
• Pour custard into individual serving dishes and chill in the fridge until set, about 2 hours.

Steps:

• In sauce pan warm milk.
• In separate bowl beat egg yolks, add sugar, flour and salt.
• Temper mixture with about 1/2 to 1 c of warm milk.
• Add mixture to sauce pan and heat until boils and thickens.
• Add vanilla.
• Remove from heat.
• In large bowl beat egg whites until stiff, fold mixture into egg whites.
• Sprinkle top with cinnamon.
• Place in fridge.
• Serve cold.

Steps:

• Dissolve the cornflour in 1/2 cup cold milk, stir well. Set aside.
• Heat the remaining milk in a saucepan with the cinnamon stick.
• Beat the egg yolks with the sugar.
• Add the cold milk mixture to the eggs and sugar.
• When the milk is starting to boil, remove the cinamon stick and add the mixture of flour, milk, eggs and sugar.
• Stir well over the heat until the custard thickens. Don't boil.
• Put the natillas into individual bowls or dessert glasses.
• Sprinkle with a little cinnamon powder.

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup milk and egg yolks in a large bowl. Whisk until well combined and set aside. Set up a large bowl with ice cubes.
• Combine 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a medium over medium-high heat; gradually add remaining 1 3/4 cups milk, whisking constantly. Stir in whipping cream.
• Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; add seeds and bean to the milk mixture. Bring mixture to a boil and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat.
• Gradually add half of the hot milk mixture to the egg yolk mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter to milk mixture and stir until well combined.
• Place pan in the prepared ice-filled bowl and allow to cool, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Discard vanilla bean. Spoon custard into a bowl. Cover surface of custard with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until foamy. Gradually add remaining 1/4 sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue to beat at high speed until stiff peaks form. Beat in vanilla extract. Gently fold 1/2 cup of beaten egg whites into the cooled custard.
• Spoon about 1/2 cup custard into each of 8 bowls or footed glasses; top each serving with 1/4 cup remaining egg white mixture. Garnish with nutmeg.

Steps:

• Bring 3-1/2 cups milk, sugar and cinnamon sticks to boil in large saucepan on medium heat. Remove from heat. (Mixture may appear curdled.) Let stand 5 min. Remove and discard cinnamon sticks.
• Add cornstarch to remaining milk; stir until dissolved. Add to ingredients in saucepan along with the coconut; stir. Cook on medium-high heat 5 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly.

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch with a whisk or electric mixer on low speed, until the mixture is smooth. Set aside. 2. Next, combine the milk, lemon peel, cinnamon stick and salt in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium heat, paying attention and stirring occasionally to prevent the milk from burning. As soon as it begins to boil, remove from the heat and let cool for about 5 minutes. 3. Remove the lemon peel and cinnamon stick from the milk. Slowly pour the hot milk over the egg mixture, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or with the paddle of the mixer set on low speed. 4. Pour the custard mixture back into the saucepan you used to heat the milk. Heat the custard over medium heat, and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. 5. Reduce the heat and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until the custard thickens. Add the vanilla and remove from the heat. 6. Ladle the custard into 8 dessert glasses. Let the custard cool for 45 minutes, and then place in the refrigerator for 3 hours. Optional garnish: Sprinkle with cinnamon.