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

mandy_moo_1

thats brilliant tina ...thank you. i ended up making scones today so might try and give this a go tomorrow

skintchick

My nan's in hospital (long slow walk to death) and is asking for egg custard. Mum and I don't know how to make one. Can anyone advise of a simple recipe that's traditional? We'd like to make her happy while we can.

Thanks

newleaf

Here's a link to Delia's recipe for custard tart. You can also just bake the custard mixture in a greased dish if you don't want to do the pastry. Kids like it with sliced bananas in.
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/old-fashioned-english-custard-tart,1113,RC.html
Sorry to hear your Gran is so ill, Egg Custard is the ideal comfort food though!

ethansmum

If you are really stuck Cooplands sell large ones. I'm sorry about your Gran too.

Pink.

Hi skintchick,

I'm sorry to hear that your Nan is so ill. When my Gran was near the end the only food she wanted was a prawn sandwich.....and I spent ages trying to get them just the way she liked them.

We have a few threads on egg custard which might help you to make one for your Nan....I'm not sure if you want a recipe for custard tarts or just egg custard, so I've listed them both.

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

egg custard

How do you make a really nice custard tart/pie?

Pink

skintchick

Thanks - apprentice tycoon's looks easy and what she wants, so we'll make that. She can only eat pureed food now so I guess it's a bit dull for her and although the hospital do their best it's not the same as home cooked.

RubyMurray

Good luck making the egg custard and I hope your nan really enjoys it.

tee_pee_2

hiya if you are not v good at baking ( like me) ASDA sell 4 for under a £1. in the bakery section.

Hope you nan is feeling better soon.

x

skintchick

Sadly tee pee, she will never be better, we are just waiting for her to die. It's so sad. But she tries so hard to be happy and positive. And all she wants from life is an egg custard. I'm sure there's a lesson in there somewhere.

tee_pee_2

skintchick wrote:

Sadly tee pee, she will never be better, we are just waiting for her to die. It's so sad. But she tries so hard to be happy and positive. And all she wants from life is an egg custard. I'm sure there's a lesson in there somewhere.

christ that has just put my life in perspective, we live in our own little shell moaning about the smallest things, and in the case of your nan it is the smallest things which make her happy.

God love her.
:hello: send her a wave from me.

xx