noun
custard
KUS-terd/ˈkʌstərd/
A sweet mixture of milk or cream and eggs cooked until thick.
Smooth yellow custard fills the ceramic dish beside eggs and milk.
Etymology
Croustade named a dish baked in a crust, and custard originally referred to meat or fruit pies. The name later shifted to the sweetened egg-and-milk mixture rather than the crusted dish.
In context
add eggs, and this is what helps the flan set up and turn into a custard consistency. Your eggs should be at room temperature
More examples
- We fill the pastry shells with vanilla custard.
- The individual custards bake in a pan of hot water.
- Warm custard makes a delicious sauce for baked apples.
Forms
custard · custards