Egg Custard Recipe

hev_2

I have just bought a pressure cooker (not even on offer )

I also have a book of recipes for the pressure cooker which includes one for egg custard. It says to stand the pudding basin on a trivet, but no trivet came with my pressure cooker. Any suggestions? The pressure cooker is a relatively small 3 litre one, and doesn't have variable pressure which is assumed in the recipe book.

Can egg custard be made in the microwave? Need to give DH a treat.

Any help very gratefully received.

soappie

I know nothing about pressure cooking but if you google "egg custard" microwave lots of recipes come up.

jamanda

If you don't have a trivet, can you use an upturned metal pie dish or saucer just to keep it off the bottom of the pan?

I also do egg custards in microwave.

noonesperfect

I might be wrong but I think you could use an upturned saucer in place of a trivet.

And yes, you can make egg custard in a microwave but it requires more eggs than the conventional method. I may be thinking of creme caramel but it's principally the same thing!! HTH

melie3

ive a tin of birds custard powder, eggs, nutmeg and a pack of ready made sweet pastry(i know not very mse). i had originally thought of making jam tarts but wondered if i could make egg custard?
thank you xx
meliex

Pink.

Hi melie,

There are some recipes that might help on this older thread:

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

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep all the replies together.

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moanymoany

Impossible Pie

1 cup sugar 1/2 cup plain flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder pinch of salt
2 tablespoons melted butter 2 eggs
1 cup milk 1 cup coconut
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Mix sugar with flour, baking powder & salt. Add melted butter. Add 2 well beaten eggs and milk. Mix in coconut & vanilla. Pour into greased pie plate and cook in moderate oven for 30 - 35 mins.

NB: The reason it's called Impossible Pie is that when it's cooking it makes it's own pastry layer, it's own egg custard layer & the coconut rises to the top making a topping layer. How clever is that.

this is from a previous thread.

I've just made this - I don't think I would bother again. It's very sweet and not a bit like egg custard - but ok.

I've just eaten a bit more - don't bother!

10past6

Hi folks

Does anyone have an egg custard recipe please, also, do I have to make it with pastry, or can it be just a flan?

Thanks

Penelope_Penguin

We have a couple of older threads that I'll add this one to. They include tips for making egg custard in the microwave and pressure cooker :j

10past6 wrote:

do I have to make it with pastry, or can it be just a flan?

You can leave out the pastry - you can then make it into creme caramel

Penny. x

Olliebeak

I often used to make egg custard without pastry for my children (many moons ago!). Always stood the pyrex dish in a roasting tin with some water in it - not 100% sure why - maybe something to do with indirect heat(?) or keeping steam in the area of the finished dish (?).

Anyway it always went down well with the kids - could make individual ones using old teacups and maybe put some caramelised sugar in the bottom for creme caramels.

bubbs

Hi,
Im new to posting as you can see, but im a long time lurker
Has any one got a nice egg custard receipe please that you make in a dish without pastry? I have loads of eggs to use and thought i could do this for a change
Thanks