Sweet Maple Custard Recipes

MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine cornstarch, flour and salt. Gradually stir in milk and syrup until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot milk mixture into eggs; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla., Transfer to a large bowl; cover and refrigerate until chilled. Just before serving, fold in whipped cream. If desired, serve in sugar-rimmed dishes and drizzle with additional syrup.

MAPLE SYRUP CUSTARD CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk eggs in a bowl until lightly beaten. Add milk, maple syrup, and vanilla extract; gently beat until incorporated. Pour mixture into six 1/4-cup ramekins. Arrange ramekins in a baking dish. Pour enough water into baking dish to cover ramekins halfway up the sides.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center of a custard comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove ramekins from baking dish and refrigerate until completely chilled, at least 1 hour.

MAPLE SYRUP CUSTARD

Steps:

• Position the oven rack in the middle position; preheat oven to 325°; butter or spray six 4-ounce ramekins.
• In a medium saucepan over med-low heat, warm the half-and-half and ½ cup of maple syrup just until steam begins to rise.
• In a bowl, whisk the eggs until slightly thickened; add in the salt and rum.
• Slowly pour the hot syrup mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly.
• Set the ramekins in a large baking pan lined with a dish towel.
• Set the pan on the oven rack and ladle the maple custard mixture into the ramekins.
• Carefully add enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake 25-30 minutes, until barely set.
• Carefully remove the pan from the oven and remove the ramekins from the water bath with a dish towel.
• Refrigerate immediately, covering the ramekins with plastic wrap after slightly, at least 2 hours or even overnight.
• Just before serving, garnish each custard with a dollop of whipped cream and walnut halves and drizzle with a teaspoon of the remaining maple syrup.

MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients.
• Pour into small custard dishes or individual souffle cups.
• Set molds in a pan of hot water and bake, uncovered at 350F for 40 minutes or until the blade of a kitchen knife in center comes out clean.
• Serve warm or cold.

BAKED MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Whisk eggs until blended. Add milk, Splenda and vanilla Continue whisking until evenly blended.
• Pour 1 tablespoons maple syrup into the bottom of four custard cups. Gently pour mixture on top. Place cups in baking pan and pour boiling water to within 3/4 -inch of top of cups.
• Bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes or until knife edge inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on rack. Chill.
• At serving time, run a knife around edge of each cup and invert onto dessert plate.

MAPLE CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Roll out 1 disk of dough to just under 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface and fit into a 9-inch glass pie plate. Trim excess, leaving a 1-inch overhang; fold edges under and set aside. Roll out half of remaining disk of dough (reserve remaining dough for another use) to just under 1/4 inch thick, cut out small leaf shapes, and mark veins with the back of a knife, if desired. Brush edges of piecrust with egg wash and apply leaves. Freeze for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brush pastry leaves with more egg wash. Line crust with parchment and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until crust is set, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove pie weights and parchment, and continue to bake until bottom of crust is lightly browned, about 10 minutes more. Let cool completely on a wire rack, about 1 hour.
• Make the filling: Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees. Place syrup in a large saucepan over medium-high and cook until reduced by a quarter, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in cream and bring to a simmer; remove from heat.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together egg, yolks, vanilla, salt, and nutmeg. Whisking constantly, slowly add cream mixture to egg mixture, and strain custard mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a large glass measuring cup.
• Pour custard into crust and place on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until filling is just set but still slightly wobbly, 45 to 60 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before serving.

BAKED MAPLE CUSTARDS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a medium saucepan, heat the milk over medium heat until very hot but not boiling. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk the eggs with a fork, being careful to incorporate as little air as possible. Very gradually whisk in the hot milk. Whisk in the maple syrup and the vanilla. Strain the custard through a fine-mesh sieve and use a spoon to skim off the foam.
• Place 6 2/3-cup ceramic ramekins or custard cups in a shallow roasting pan and pour in boiling water to reach halfway up their sides. Carefully ladle in the custard and bake until just set, about 40 minutes. Serve warm.

MAPLE CUSTARD CUPS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Whisk together all ingredients in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved, then pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a 1-quart glass measure. Divide custard evenly among cups, then transfer cups to baking pan. Bake in a hot water bath , pan covered loosely with foil, until custards are just set and a knife inserted in center of one comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Carefully transfer cups to a rack and cool to warm, about 30 minutes.

SWEET MAPLE CUSTARD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour into 4 individual ramekins. Set ramekins in pan of hot water that comes halfway up sides of ramekins.
• Bake at 350 degrees about 40 minutes, or until knife inserted in center of custard comes out clean. Serve warm or chilled.