Name: Fried Custard Squares
Yield: Makes 15
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 60 g(2¼ oz) sugar; 1 long strip of lemon rind; 750 ml(26 fl oz/3 cups) milk; 150 g(5½ oz) plain (all-pupose) flour, sifted; 3 eggs; plain (all-purpose) flour, extra, to coat; caster (superfine) sugar, to serve; about 80 g(2¾ oz) butter

Preparation info

Makes
15

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples for Jam

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2010

About

This is the sort of thing that would have appealed to my sweet tooth in childhood. It’s what some Italians remember from theirs.

Ingredients

750 ml(26 fl oz/3 cups) milk
1 long

Method

Put the milk in a heavy-based saucepan and add the lemon rind and vanilla. Bring just to the boil. Meanwhile, whip 2 eggs in a bowl until they are creamy, then whisk in the sugar. Add the flour and whisk to a smooth cream. Just as the milk comes to a rolling boil, whisk a ladleful into the eggs. Whisking constantly, add another ladleful or

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