English cream or English custard

English custard or English custard - a type of custard more like a thick sauce and is traditionally served with puddings, charlottes, or strudels. English cream is usually flavored with vanilla, but you can make it with lemon, orange, chocolate, coffee, or cinnamon.

Ingredients

• 500 ml of milk
• 50 g of sugar
• 1 sachet of vanilla sugar or 1 vanilla pod
• 1 teaspoon of cornstarch
• 4 egg yolks

Directions

1. If you use natural vanilla - cut the pod in half and dip it in milk. Bring the milk to a boil. Remove the pod, scrape off the seeds and mix it with the milk. If you use vanilla sugar or essence - dissolve them in milk.
2. Beat egg yolks with sugar until white.
3. Gradually add milk to the yolks and beat until smooth.
4. Add the starch, pre-dissolved in a spoonful of milk, and on low heat begin to heat the milk mixture.
5. Without ceasing to stir, wait until the mixture thickens.
6. Without letting the cream boil, remove from heat and beat vigorously.
7. Cool and refrigerate.