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Default Delicious Mom's Boiled Custard

On 2014-02-02 8:50 PM, dsi1 wrote:

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>> I don't use flour in the custard I make...

>
> I'll use cornstarch or cornflour or whatever the heck it's called for
> custard. As far as the recipe goes, it's a recipe alright - a recipe
> for disaster. It's got 2X the amount of sugar and who the heck adds
> beaten egg whites to a custard and then boils it? The sad fact is
> that many of the recipes on the internet are fake.
>



I fold beaten egg whites into simmering tapioca. It gives it a lighter
texture.