Amy’s Spiced Custard

Name: Amy’s Spiced Custard
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons cornflour/cornstarch; 450 ml/15½ fl oz/1¾ cups plant-based milk such as oat, soy or coconut; 2 tablespoons sweetener, such as maple syrup, rice syrup, date syrup, coconut sugar or soft brown sugar (your choice); 3 tablespoons cornflour/cornstarch; 450 ml/15½ fl oz/1¾ cups plant-based milk such as oat, soy or coconut; 2 green cardamom pods; 450 ml/15½ fl oz/1¾ cups plant-based milk such as oat, soy or coconut; 450 ml/15½ fl oz/1¾ cups plant-based milk such as oat, soy or coconut; Pinch of sea salt; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons sweetener, such as maple syrup, rice syrup, date syrup, coconut sugar or soft brown sugar (your choice); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 tablespoons sweetener, such as maple syrup, rice syrup, date syrup, coconut sugar or soft brown sugar (your choice); 2 tablespoons sweetener, such as maple syrup, rice syrup, date syrup, coconut sugar or soft brown sugar (your choice); 2 tablespoons sweetener, such as maple syrup, rice syrup, date syrup, coconut sugar or soft brown sugar (your choice); 2 tablespoons sweetener, such as maple syrup, rice syrup, date syrup, coconut sugar or soft brown sugar (your choice); ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg; Pinch of ground turmeric

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

We Cook Plants

By Sarah Bentley

Published 2025

About

“This delicious, comforting custard is made with nourishing ingredients and features festive spices cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg. It gets its colour from turmeric, which is loaded with healing properties. This is great with a crumble, stewed fruit or on its own.”

Ingredients

2 green cardamom pods
450 ml/15½ fl oz/1¾ cups

Dessert
Stew
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

First crush the cardamom pods using a pestle and mortar. Remove the pods and lightly crush the seeds.
Take roughly 100ml/3½fl oz/scant ½ cup of the milk and pour it into a cup. Whisk in the cornflour/cornstarch until there are no lumps and it has fully dissolved. Set aside.
Add the rest of the milk to a saucepan with the sweetener, vanilla, salt, crus