Cointreau Custard Sauce
Recipe: #27352
August 11, 2017
Categories: Sauce, Sweet Sauces, Christmas, New Years, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, , more
"Use to top fruit salads"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (100.8 g)
- Calories 224.3
- Total Fat - 13.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.2 g
- Cholesterol - 530.7 mg
- Sodium - 56 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 11.5 g
- Protein - 8.8 g
- Calcium - 102 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine the sugar and cornstarch in a heavy saucepan. Add milk and stir till smooth.
Step 2
Add orange peel.
Step 3
Gently heat the mixture until it starts to thicken. Stir constantly for 2 minutes.
Step 4
Beat egg yolks and slowly add 1/2 cup of the sauce. Slowly add egg mixture to the sauce. Continue to cook for a few minutes, but make sure that the sauce does not boil.
Step 5
Pour sauce into a bowl and add vanilla and Cointreau, stir gently to mix.
Step 6
Refrigerate till ready to use.
Tips
No special items needed.