Ingredients
– 4 egg yolks
– 4 tablespoons of sugar
– 1 tablespoon cornstarch
– 1/2 liter of milk
– 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence
– 1 cinnamon stick
– 4 cookies type maría
Lets go cook
Time required: 20 minutes.
– A traditional dessert very easy to make
– We infuse the milk
In a saucepan, we put the milk, the cinnamon stick, the vanilla essence and the sugar. We mix these ingredients and heat. When it is about to reach the boiling point, we turn off the heat, cover and let it infuse for 15 minutes.
– We prepare the «thickener» for the homemade custard.
After 15 minutes, put the egg yolks in a bowl and beat briefly. Add the cornstarch and blend well with the egg. Afterwards, we pour a ladle of the milk that we had infused and mix again. We will have a rather liquid mass. A dough that, however, will thicken our homemade custard
– We pour this mixture into the infused milk
But not before, having removed the cinnamon stick, which will have already fulfilled its function. We return to medium heat and stir constantly. While we are letting the milk, little by little, heat up again
– Now everything will
thicken Little by little, the milk will begin to thicken and the custard itself will form. After a few minutes, when this has happened, we put these custards in individual bowls. We put a Maria cookie on top. Let stand 5 minutes
– To the fridge with them!
We put them in the refrigerator and let them cool completely. Minimum 4 hours. If you leave them a whole night, the better. The next day they will be delicious!