There are many types of custard, but three in particular are the most likely to appear in your kitchen: baked custards, stirred custards, and steamed custards.

For the custard filling, warm the milk in a saucepan, and beat the egg yolks and sugar together in a separate bowl until pale and creamy. Pour the milk onto the egg yolk mixture and stir well ...

Use really good fresh eggs, and top-quality soy sauce to ... Scatter the spring onion over the custard and serve with stir-fried vegetables and steamed rice.

A real custard made with egg yolks and cream is truly delicious ... This is when it can split — so use a low heat and stir slowly and constantly until the custard begins to thicken.

Stir the egg mixture into the flour mixture with a ... It may shrink during baking and this ensures that the custard will not overflow. Bake it blind for 15 minutes, with a sheet of parchment ...

Beat the eggs in one at a time ... Add the sugars and stir until dissolved. Finally, stir in the cream and simmer for 3 minutes. To make the custard, heat the cream, milk and vanilla extract ...

Remove from heat and add the egg and sugar mix, while continuing to stir. Place back on a low heat and stir until the custard thickens. Remove from the heat (discard vanilla pod if using ...

Beat 2 eggs until light and frothy. Stir in sugar, cornstarch, salt, vanilla, and pieces of butter. Gently mix in diced nectarines. Pour fruit and custard filling carefully into pie shell ...