Fruit Salad With Custard ! |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 22 Minutes |
Ready In: 37 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This is a special dessert from today's Thursday magazine for children that combines fruits, custard sauce and coconut fingers. Do I hear the kids say, Hey Mummy, this is Yummy for my Tummy!?! Ingredients:
3 cups mixed fruit, finely chopped (apple, banana, mango, peaches, seedless grapes, etc.) |
1 1/2 tablespoons caster sugar |
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon |
1 tablespoon lemon juice |
1 teaspoon mango essence |
6 cups whole milk |
8 tablespoons vanilla custard powder |
8 tablespoons sugar |
1 tablespoon butter, for greasing |
6 slices bread |
1/2 cup condensed milk |
6 tablespoons coconut, grated |
1/2 cup seedless pomegranate |
3 -5 cherries |
Directions:
1. For the fruit salad: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Refrigerate until served.
3. For the custard sauce: Mix custard powder, sugar and 1 cup milk into a mixture, free of lumps.
4. Keep aside.
5. In a deep glass dish, microwave leftover milk on HIGH for 5 minutes uncovered.
6. Stir once in between.
7. Add custard solution, mix and microwave on medium (50 percent) for 7 minutes uncovered.
8. Stir once in between.
9. Cool the mixture and refrigerate until served.
10. Coconut fingers: Remove the brown edges of the bread and cut them into 2 lengthwise.
11. Arrange them on a greased ceramic plate on high-rack and grill for 5 minutes.
12. Turn over the bread slices.
13. Spread condensed milk followed by grated coconut on the soft side of each piece.
14. Grill further for 5 minutes.
15. Allow standing time of 2 minutes.
16. Cool and keep airtight.
17. To Serve: Take a serving bowl.
18. Put into it, 4 tbsp.
19. of fruit salad.
20. Add 1/2 cup custard sauce.
21. Mix extremely well.
22. Garnish with 1 tbsp.
23. pomegranate, top with a cherry and an inserted coconut finger per portion.
24. Serve this dream dessert chilled.
25. Alternatively, slice a few pieces of your favourite vanilla cake, top it with the custard sauce and cherries.
26. Serve chilled.
27. Tip: For a creamy and smooth custard sauce, one must always pass it through a sieve before refrigeration.
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