As I lay in bed last night I pondered the pros and cons of making real egg custard using my milk frother on my cappuccino machine. What first seemed a little crazy, became saner the more I thought about it.
Making custard the traditional way is a bit involved. It requires a lot of stirring and a lot of patience, and still you can run the risk of burning it, or making it go lumpy. It also involves dirtying two pots. One for warming the milk in and thickening the custard, and another to beat the eggs and sugar together.
What if I could simplify the process and make it quickly in small quantities for the times when you just want one or two serves?
After pondering the night away on this topic, today I leaped in and gave it a go. This is what I did.
In a small pudding basin I whisked together one egg, one teaspoon of sugar (or sweetener of choice) and half a teaspoon of vanilla. When that was smooth, I added about 3/4 cup of cream and again whisked it until it was smooth.
Then I turned on the steam on my coffee machine, and "frothed" the custard til it was hot and thick.
It worked! It didn't curdle,lump or burn. It was delicious.
Now I am wondering, has anyone else ever had this crazy notion? Time to check google.....
Ok there seems to be some mention of dessert sauces, custards and gravies in those automatic milk frother jugs, but I have been unable to find a post where someone has made custard using the steam wand like I did.
Hmmm it does make we wonder though, what other creations could I make with my steam wand?
Actually now that I have differentiated between milk frother and steam wand, I did another search specifically on using a steam wand and found some interesting posts.
It just goes to show that nothing is ever truly original, someone has always done it before.
Here's a you tube video showing scrambled eggs.
So give it a try, custard or scrambled eggs with your steam wand, who would have thought?
