Can you make custard without custard powder? (Proper custard)

BWZN93

I had a baked sweet potato once and it was lovely, and really soft and squishy so you might not need to blend it for your daughter.

Im not sure about the egg custard though, I dont have kids and ive never home made egg custard!!

Jo xx

apprentice_tycoon

baked egg custard -dead easy -

you need 4 eggs to a pint of milk, add 2 heaped tablespoons of sugar, whisk it all up

put it in a pyrex type dish, add a little nutmeg if you think that the little one will like it and bake in a low oven for an hour or so till it's done in the middle (put the tip of a sharp knife in and peep)

if you cook it at too high a temperature or for too long it will get bubbles of clear liquid, this is because the protein in the eggs tightens up and squeezes out the liquid, this is known as syneresis, it's still perfectly edible but not as silky and smooth as it should be

tr3mor

or if you want normal liquidy custard do the same as above, and heat slowly in a pan, keep stirring/whisking til it thickens up.

padzster

Sorry to be a fuddy duddy, but are you sure you should be giving your 17week old eggs?? From everything I read they said to avoid egg until 6mths at the earliest.

LearningToSave.

ooohhhhhh hadnt thought of that one!!! obviously i've given her the jars of egg custard so far.hmmmmmmmmm confused now!

se999

HI,

I had a quick look at the Food Standards Agency website.

One problem is that young children/babies are more susceptible to Salmonella, so they're not supposed to have egg unless it's fully cooked (i.e. white and yolk solidly cooked). I suppose cooking something like a custard where you don't want it too hot else it would spoil might not kill the salmonella. It also said commercial products use pasteurised egg not fresh egg, which avoids the risk.

So maybe stick to the jars until she's older. There are lots of other foods you can do instead.

It does seem silly that things like a childhood treat of dipping soldiers in soft boiled eggs has health warnings!!

Anyway, I'm not a health expert, so why not check out with your health visitor.

Edit - The jars of babyfood normally have an age range on them, so it should say if it's OK for her age.

henhog

I had a look in my Annabel Karmel book for a sweet potato recipe.
Sweet potatoes with Cinnamon (four to six months)
1 sweet potato
1 tablespoon of baby milk
1/4 teaspoon powdered cinnamon

Cover the sweet potato chunks with water, bring to the boil and simmer for about 30 mins or until soft. Drain and mash with the baby milk and cinnamon.

Sweet potatoes are really tasty roasted in the oven as well!

se999

Hi,

Just found this website, lots of recipes grouped by baby age,

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/refcap/546663.html

sunsetgirl

Hi,
My little boy used to eat this speedy recipe from about 6 months on (he was totally breast fed till 5 1/2 months he was stubbon and refused solids!!!)

Microwave scubbed and pricked sweet potato on high aprox 5 mins til soft and squishy
scoop out flesh in bowl add some soft creme cheese and milk and whip until smooth and creamy.

check temperature before feeding of course but the milk and cheese cool it down fast so its an excellent speedy dinner full of vit c, calcium and beta carotene....yum!

overdrawn

hi everyone ,i'm really loving this cooking from scratch,my kids are eating better than ever.we all love custard,but i would prefer to make the real thing.
any ideas please as i haven't got the hang of all these indexes yet!!!
by the way thanks to all who've helped me so far-you're all the best !!
louise