- Hello, welcome back to the show.
Today, I'm showing you how to make
the easiest vegan vanilla custard
in five minutes
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using ingredients you
probably already have at home,
and it tastes exactly the same
as non-vegan custard.
It's gonna be amazing, and I swear to God
you're just gonna love it
for all your pies, tarts, cakes,
cupcakes, pancakes, whatever.
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so let's get in the kitchen,
and let's get started.
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So to whip up this vanilla custard recipe,
first off, what you're gonna need
is a medium-size saucepan and a whisk,
and what we're gonna do,
is we're gonna add two cups
of soymilk to our saucepan.
Now, I find that soymilk works the best
for this recipe, better than
almond, rice, or oatmilk
as it's just a more creamier,
vegan milk alternative.
Next up, we're gonna pop
a tablespoon of vanilla
into our milk, now make sure you're using
really high quality vanilla,
it does make a difference.
I know it's a little bit more expensive,
but for vegan baking, vanilla
is such a key component,
so pop that in your saucepan.
Next up, I'm gonna add two
tablespoons of lemon juice,
the tiniest pinch of salt.
I'm gonna add 60 grams of white sugar,
which is about 1/4 of a cup.
Now, here's your next tip with sugar
if you're in America, or Canada as well,
make sure you're using organic sugar,
as some of the sugar
brands contain bone char,
and therefore aren't classified as vegan.
Next up, I'm gonna make a cornstarch
or corn flour paste that we're gonna add
straight into our mix,
so what I've got is a 1/4
of a cup of corn flour
or cornstarch, and I'm gonna mix it
with a 1/4 of a cup of water.
Now, just mix that together
until it's combined
into a simple white paste,
and then you're just gonna pour that
straight into your saucepan.
See how quick and easy that was?
So now, I'm just gonna
pop it onto my stovetop
on a medium heat, and
bring it to the boil.
So whilst our custard is on the stove,
make sure you continuously
stir your custard.
What you wanna do is bring it to a boil
and keep stirring whilst it's thickened.
Once it's thickened, you
wanna remove it from the heat.
As you can see, our custard is gorgeous,
and it's nice and thick.
Now, if you wanna make
it a little bit yellow,
here's your next tip.
What you can do, you can either add
a tiny bit of turmeric, if
you want a natural coloring.
The turmeric is not going
to affect the flavor,
or you can just add a tiny bit
of vegan yellow food coloring,
which is what I'm gonna do today.
If you wanna thicken your custard further,
you can simply add more
corn flour to the mix.
Just make sure you mix
it with some water first
before you add it into your custard,
and make sure you taste it as well,
because if you add too much corn flour,
it's gonna taste very floury.
Another way you can thicken your custard
is to add some agar-agar, and I will link
in the description down
below how to use agar-agar
in any of your vegan recipes,
so what a great addition to any cakes,
apple pies, or ice cream.
Now, the great thing with this recipe,
you can use it as a base,
because you can add other things to it.
If you want chocolate
custard, you can simply
add a 1/4 of a cup of cocoa.
If you're after a more spicy custard,
you can add cinnamon,
and nutmeg, and cloves,
and if you're after something
a little bit different,
you can also add some rose water,
and that will just make it divine
for any of those vanilla cake
recipes you love with custard.
So now I'm just gonna pop it in my jug
and pour it on some chocolate cake,
and I'll see ya next week
for another amazing episode
on how to whip something up super quick
in the kitchen that's vegan.
'Bye for now.
And, oh, I can't wait to eat this,
it smells amazing.
