Citrus-Infused Custard Sauce
A silky smooth custard sauce delicately flavored with orange and lemon zest. This versatile sauce combines whole milk and heavy cream with eggs and sugar for a rich, citrusy accompaniment to desserts.
Ingredients
- •1 cup whole milk
- •1 cup heavy cream
- •4 strips orange zest
- •4 strips lemon zest
- •2 large eggs
- •⅓ cup sugar
- •1 pinch salt
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Bring milk and cream to a simmer with citrus zests in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over medium-low heat.
8 min
- 2.
Whisk together eggs, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl, then whisk in hot cream mixture.
3 min
- 3.
Return mixture to pan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard is thick enough to coat back of spoon (160° to 165°F on an instant read thermometer), about 2 minutes.
2 min
- 4.
Immediately remove pan from heat and strain custard through a fine sieve into a bowl, discarding zests.
2 min
- 5.
Serve warm, or at room temperature, or chill to thicken.
