Custard Sauce

Preparation info
  • About

    2 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

  • About

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Method

  1. Put the sugar and egg yolks in a bowl. Beat well with a wire whisk until the mixture reaches the ribbon stage, when the yolks will thicken slightly and become pale yellow. Beat in the cornstarch.

  2. Add the milk gradually, beating constantly. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula, until the sauce thickens enoug