Top your next crop of summer
fresh strawberries with this velvety sweet cream custard.
Berries With
Chantilly Custard
- 1/2 cup milk
3 large egg yolks
1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped
1 quart fresh strawberries, cleaned, hulled and sliced
- Over medium heat, scald
milk in a small saucepan; remove from heat.
- In a small bowl, beat
egg yolks and sugar until blended. Beat some of the hot milk
into egg mixture; return to saucepan, stir until smooth. Cook
over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and
coats a spoon, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in
vanilla. Place plastic wrap directly on the surface and refrigerate
overnight.
- Beat cream until stiff
peaks form; fold into chilled custard. Spoon into dessert bowls
and top with strawberries.
Makes 6 servings.
Cooking Tip: A Garnish Tip -- With
greens still attached, place strawberry stem side down on an
egg slicer and pull the cutting wires almost all of the way through
to top of strawberry. Remove strawberry and spread out slices
into a fan.