Fried Custard Squares With Rum Sauce Recipe

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Fried Custard Squares With Rum Sauce
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Ingredients
20
Count
Nutrition
424
Calories
Total time
90
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 large eggs
  • 6 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2/3 cup sugar , plus
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup dark rum , plus
  • 1 tbsp dark rum
  • 3 cups star anise
  • vegetable oil (for deep frying)
  • 2 star fruit, sliced thin (also known as carambola)

Directions:

  1. Make custard squares: Butter an 8-inch-square baking pan.
  2. In a heavy saucepan bring milk just to a boil with cinnamon stick and star anise and keep at a bare simmer 15 minutes. Pour hot milk through a sieve into a large glass measuring cup or heatproof pitcher.
  3. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together 3 eggs, cornstarch, 2/3 cup sugar, and salt and add hot milk in a stream, beating until smooth. Return custard to saucepan and bring to a boil, whisking constantly. (Custard may look curdled as it begins to thicken but will become smooth as it is boiled and whisked.) Boil custard, whisking vigorously, 1 minute and remove saucepan from heat. (Custard will be very thick and smooth.).
  4. Immediately pour custard into prepared baking pan, smoothing top, and chill, surface covered with plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 1/2 hours. Cut custard into 2-inch squares.
  5. In a small bowl whisk together bread crumbs, remaining 1/4 cup sugar, and ground cinnamon. In another small bowl lightly whisk remaining 2 eggs.
  6. Have ready flour in a bowl and a tray lined with wax paper. Working with 1 custard square at a time, coat square with flour, shaking off excess, and then with egg, letting excess drip off. Coat square with bread crumb mixture, transferring as coated to tray. Chill squares, uncovered 30 minutes.
  7. Make sauce: In a saucepan combine water, sugar, 1/2 cup rum, and star anise and simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. Stir in remaining tablespoon rum and lime juice and pour mixture through a sieve into a glass measuring cup or heatproof pitcher.
  8. Preheat oven to 325°F and set a rack in a shallow baking pan.
  9. In a heavy 12- to 14-inch skillet heat 1 1/2 inches oil over moderately high heat until it registers 375°F on a deep-fat thermometer and fry squares in 3 batches until golden, about 15 seconds on each side. Carefully transfer squares as fried with a slotted spatula to rack to drain and keep warm in oven.
  10. Onto each of 8 dessert plates pour 2 tablespoons sauce. Halve 12 custard squares diagonally and arrange 3 triangles on each plate. Garnish dessert with star fruit and star anise.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 424.16 Kcal (1776 kJ)
Calories from fat 32.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.58g 6%
Cholesterol 117.78mg 39%
Sodium 288.88mg 12%
Potassium 218.76mg 5%
Total Carbs 78.11g 26%
Sugars 52.13g 209%
Dietary Fiber 1.97g 8%
Protein 9.42g 19%
Vitamin C 2.5mg 4%
Iron 3.2mg 18%
Calcium 191.3mg 19%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 103.46 Kcal (433 kJ)
Calories from fat 7.86 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.87g 6%
Cholesterol 28.73mg 39%
Sodium 70.46mg 12%
Potassium 53.36mg 5%
Total Carbs 19.05g 26%
Sugars 12.72g 209%
Dietary Fiber 0.48g 8%
Protein 2.3g 19%
Vitamin C 0.6mg 4%
Iron 0.8mg 18%
Calcium 46.7mg 19%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.4
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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