You might be thinking why my title says homemade custard and
gravy,
well it’s because today I'm going to share with you a
little family
secret to making both from scratch.
I hope this post will help you not only
save money buying pre packed food,
but also keep out all the nasty ingredients
that sometimes come with them.
Declaimer: I am a big fan of using a recipe as a general guide
so the ingredients are general
and you will need to see what you have in your
cupboard and decide for yourself
some of the ingredient quantities. Also, this
recipe is for making custard and gravy
from scratch, no premixed ingredients
needed and you will be able to say
with a smile to all who try it, I made it
myself!
Prep time: 10 mins or less
Custard
Ingredients:
- Eggs (Approx 2 - 6 )
- Regular Flour
- Sugar
- Milk
- Vanilla
- Cocoa Powder if you like chocolate custard, or instant coffee as well for mocha=D
First grab a pan, fill it with as much milk as you would
like custard
and heat it up on the cook top.
Crack your eggs into the heating milk,
(crack your eggs into a glass first
if you have them fresh from a farm and you aren't sure how old they are to make sure
they’re still fresh). Add vanilla and sugar
to taste and whisk until it’s mixed well
(add cocoa powder now if you want
chocolate custard).
Take approx. 2 tablespoons of flour and whisk with enough
milk so that you have a watery batter texture. Note: make sure you whisk your heating milk often so it does not burn or boil over. Once
your heating milk is at boiling point or just before, take it off the heat and
whisk in your flour and milk mixture.
Allow it to cool and thicken,
if you want your custard thicker just
put it back on the heat and mix up some
more flour and milk mixture.
And there you have it, home-made custard from
scratch that’s super yummy.
Gravy
Ingredients:
- Cooked Meat Juices, Also known as stock. ( You can use just about any meat juice to make gravy.)
- Water
- Regular Flour
- Salt
Making gravy it nearly exactly the same as custard except
you heat up the meat juices
(you can add some water to make it go further).
Add
some salt to taste and when your juices are at boiling point whisk in
your
flour and water mix to thicken it.
I hope that you are blessed by
this blog post and that your
families can look forward to lots of yummy custard and gravy
that you have made from
scratch just for them!
Written by
Anita
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