Harvest Corn Custards
- 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
- 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.
eggs, sugar, flour, salt, lowfat milk, vanilla extract, honey, orange, semisweet chocolate, whipping cream, ground nutmeg
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/harvest-corn-custards/ (may not work)