custard
custard
Definition
cus·tard (kus′tərd)
noun
- a mixture of eggs, milk, flavoring, and, often, sugar, either boiled or baked
- frozen custard
Etymology: ME, altered < crustade, any dish baked in a crust, ult. (? via Prov crostado) < L crusta, crust
custard
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pour: Best served warm with pouring custard, made with baby's usual milk.
- bake: In England, it is an intrinsic addition to dairy desserts such as baked egg custard.
- cool: Stir the chopped stem ginger and vanilla essence into the cooled custard.
- make: Then make a custard by beating 3 eggs with 1/2 c milk, salt annd pepper.
- flavor: Use the emptied pod to flavor a custard or dessert sauce.
Adjective modifier
- foamy: However anyone who is interested in the premise of foamy custard will want to read the whole book.
- lumpy: She loves chips and hate sprouts and lumpy custard.
- creamy: And, for pudding - plump for fruity baked crumble, surrounded by a moat of hot creamy custard.
- homemade: Freshly homemade, custard has a delicate flavor all of its own.
- hot: Dan ate his usual mammoth plate of spaghetti, followed by hot custard.
- fresh: Fresh custard can be bought from all good supermarkets.
Modifies a noun
- tart: We found what we were looking for, coffee and fabulous little custard tarts, in what's left of the old town.
- pie: The custard pie routine seemed to expand beyond the scripted version!
- powder: Blend the custard powder with a little of the milk.
- cream: Yes, dessert: fried custard cream with warm chocolate sauce.
- apple: I have some custard apple trees, the fruit aren't quite ripe yet.
- mixture: Pour the custard mixture over the bread which will float to the surface.
Noun used with modifier
custard Quotes
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