Fruit custard is a rich and creamy, milk based dessert with your favorite collection of fruits. It usually has a mild colour and flavour from fruits and the custard. Let's see how to make this treat perfectly with step by step images.
This is basically a chilled dessert, so perfect in summer as well as to end any meal with this classic treat.
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About the recipe
Fruit custard is versatile that you can make it easily at home, just like an instant pudding or to say simply, a fruit salad with custard. All you need is your favorite selection of fruits.
Ingredients
Here are the fruits I used in this version of fruit custard. You can ofcourse use your favorites.
- Milk - I used full cream cow's milk.
- Custard powder - I choose eggless and vanilla flavor always.
- Sugar - For sweetening the custard.
- Apple - This is a must according to me. Vanilla + Apple's flavour = bliss!
- Pineapple - love the flavor, next to apple this is my favorite.
- Grapes - Add a good color pop as well as texture.
- Banana - I like to add as it blends well in the creamy texture.
- Pomegranate - The ruby like arils are beauty, treat for eyes!
See recipe card for quantities and full list.
Fruit custard Step by step
Let's now make fruit custard.
1. Firstly, take custard powder and add little milk to it.
2. Then combine with a whisk without any lumps.
3. Start heating milk and let it come to boil.
4. Then add sugar and mix well.
5. After that, add the custard powder that we dissolved. Keep mixing.
6. Keep stirring to avoid the custard getting stuck in bottom.
7. It keeps getting thick, smooth and creamy.
8. Keep mixing to avoid layer forming on top.
9. Once cooled, keep it refrigerated.
10. Prepare the fruits and collect them to chill them too.
11. Then at the time of serving, place the fruits in a mixing bowl.
12. Add chilled custard to it.
13. Mix well and serve. Do not keep the mixed custard more than 3 hours as we have citrus based fruits in this and it may turn bitter.
14. Enjoy immediately. Top with some more fresh fruits to make it more pretty.
You can even top some nuts and serve fruit custard.
Substitutions & Variations
- Custard powder - Add 2 tablespoons of corn flour (corn starch), little yellow food colour and vanilla essence (¼ tsp) or natural vanilla extract (1 tsp) Instead of vanilla flavor, you can use any type of
- Vegan - You can use any vegan milk, I have not tried but have seen in other blogs. So it is possible.
- Fruits - You can make fruit custard just with any one type of fruit or even with fruit jelly.
- Drizzle some caramel sauce to make it more tempting!
Storage
Store the custard separately and fruits separately to avoid the fruits reacting with milk. It makes the custard bitter. Especially with citric fruits.
You can store for couple of days that way, later it turns watery.
Top tip
- Make use of seasonal fruits and fresh fruits. Do not store the chopped fruits for more than a day as it loses it's texture and flavor.
- To make it rich, you can top with whipped cream while serving.
- Adjust the sugar according to your preference. But the more sugar you add, it affects the texture of the custard.
- Avoid melons as it is not a good addition in a fruit custard.
FAQ
You should ideally have a pudding consistency. If it is watery, then the custard powder ratio you are using is less. Add more custard powder.
If you mix citrus based fruits in milk based fruit custard, there are high chances of the acid from fruits reacts with milk and turn it bitter. So it is always best to mix while serving.
Recipe card
Fruit Custard Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Milk
- 2 tablespoon Custard powder Vanilla flavour
- ¼ cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Pomegranate
- ¼ cup Banana chopped
- ¼ cup Apple chopped
- ¼ cup Pineapple Chopped
- ¼ cup grapes Slit
Instructions
- Firstly, take custard powder and add little milk to it.
- Then combine with a whisk without any lumps.
- Start heating milk and let it come to boil.
- Then add sugar and mix well.
- After that, add the custard powder that we dissolved. Keep mixing.
- Keep stirring to avoid the custard getting stuck in bottom.
- It keeps getting thick, smooth and creamy.
- Keep mixing to avoid layer forming on top.
- Once cooled, keep it refrigerated.
- Prepare the fruits and collect them to chill them too.
- Then at the time of serving, place the fruits in a mixing bowl.
- Add chilled custard to it.
- Mix well and serve. Do not keep the mixed custard more than 3 hours as we have citrus based fruits in this and it may turn bitter.
- Enjoy immediately. Top with some more fresh fruits to make it more pretty.
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Notes
- Store the custard separately and fruits separately to avoid the fruits reacting with milk. It makes the custard bitter. Especially with citric fruits.
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