This article focuses on egg-thickened custards. For versions based on "custard powder" and their derivatives, see
Bird's Custard.Custard is a range of preparations based on
milk and
eggs, thickened with heat. Most commonly, it refers to a dessert or dessert sauce, but custard bases are also used for
quiches and other savoury foods. As a
dessert, it is made from a combination of milk or
cream,
egg yolks,
sugar, and
vanilla. Sometimes
flour,
corn starch, or
gelatin are also added. In French cookery, custard—called simply "crème" or more precisely "crème moulée"—is never thickened in this way: when starch is added, it is
pastry cream crème pâtissière; when gelatin is added, it is crème anglaise collée.
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