Spicy coconut custard

Name: Spicy coconut custard
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks, beaten together in a large bowl; 150 g/5 oz Demerara or palm sugar; 3 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks, beaten together in a large bowl; 250 ml/8½ fl oz water; 300 ml/10 fl oz double cream; 150 g/5 oz Demerara or palm sugar; 270 ml/9 fl oz coconut milk; 2 cinnamon sticks; 2 teaspoons whole cloves; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Keith Floyd's Thai Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

2 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons

Asia
Thailand
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/gas mark 3.
Put the spices, cream and water in a medium-sized pan and bring up to simmering point. Reduce the heat to low and leave for 5 minutes to infuse the spices.
Add the coconut milk and sugar and put on a l