Fresh Fruit With Vanilla Custard Sauce

This makes a luscious light dessert, a change from all the heavy dishes over the holidays. Looks wonderful in a stemmed glass. Any fresh fruit can be used.
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Yields:
- Units:
3
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ingredients
- strawberry
- blueberries
- kiwi, sliced
- seedless grapes
- 2 cups skim milk
- 3 eggs
- 3 egg whites
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 dash salt
directions
- Scald milk in a large saucepan over medium heat (do not allow milk to boil), set aside.
- Combine eggs, egg whites, and sugar in a medium bowl, beat with a wire whisk until blended.
- Gradually stir about one-fourth of hot milk into egg mixture; add to remaining hot milk, stirring constantly.
- Cook stirring constantly, over low heat until mixture thickens and coats a metal spoon, about 30 minutes.
- Immediately pour sauce into a large bowl, stir with a wire whisk until cool.
- Stir in vanilla and salt, cover and chill 2 hours.
- Serve over fresh fruit.
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Fabulous! I just love custards and this one, with a yummy vanilla flavor, was perfect over the fresh fruit. Notes: 1. The scalding of the milk took approx. 7-8 min. - and 2.Step 4 cooking took about 20 minutes for me. You really do have to stir the whole time so the custard doesn't lump. It's WELL WORTH it though. Thanks Derf. :-)Reply
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Recently made this as a light dessert and enjoyed it immensely. I am opting to to assign stars because there was some chefs error involved in the preparation that make have contributed to the final results. I made mine with skim milk and Splenda instead of sugar. Add the sweetner after the custard was cooked. My one problem was that I think I may have over whisked the milk prior to adding the egg which gave me a somewhat lumpy result that was more custard than custard sauce. Though it did not look very pretty, the taste was great and I will certainly make it agian. When I do, I may leave out the egg white to allow the sauce to stay quite loose. Thanks Derf!Reply
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