Baby Custard

A simple homemade sugar-free custard recipe perfect for babies

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Course: Baby Food Recipes, desserts

Cuisine: New Zealand

Keyword: baby custard, egg yolk custard, homemade custard, sugar free custard

Calories: 69kcal

Author: My Kids Lick The Bowl

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Ingredients

165 Mililitres milk Two thirds of a cup
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon cornflour

Instructions

Check the notes below for some of the optional ingredients before you start
Heat the milk in a small saucepan, you want to bring it just to the boil
While the milk is heating whisk the egg yolk and cornflour together to form a paste in a heat proof bowl
Remove the hot milk from the heat and pour this over the egg yolk and cornflour paste, whisking until its well combined
Return the milk to the saucepan and continue to heat over a low heat until the custard thickens, stirring regularly
Stir through a fruit purée to sweeten

Notes

When you add the yolk and cornflour make sure you whisk continuously otherwise you can end up with lumps or scrambled eggs
When you return the milk mix to the heat to thicken, make sure the heat is low and you don't reboil the milk, this will make thin custard.

Flavouring

Sweeten this baby custard with a fruit puree: apple puree, pear puree or blueberry puree, mashed banana or banana puree are all lovely.
Cinnamon and vanilla extract are also lovely additions, these can be whisked into the milk before you heat it.

How to make dairy-free custard?

I've tested this recipe with a few different milk alternatives and it has worked well with soy, rice and almond milk. My suggestion would be adding an extra teaspoon of cornflour to the mix as some of the alternative milks do not thicken quite as easily. So try 2 teaspoon of cornflour instead of 1 tsp.

How to make egg-free custard?

If you are not using egg you will need 3 teaspoons of cornflour. This is known as blancmange.

How to make egg yolk custard?

To make an egg yolk custard without other thickeners you will need to use more egg yolk. If you are not using cornflour you will need 2 egg yolks

Can I use breast milk to make baby custard?

I also get asked how to make custard with baby formula or how to make custard with breastmilk. The answer is easy, stick to this same recipe. You can substitute milk for infant formula or expressed breast milk. As with my suggestion of using a little extra cornflour for alternative milk, I would do the same with formula and breastmilk. Either add some extra cornflour or use a little less volume so that there is less to thicken.

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