The sugar-free custard is a very tasty preparation, perfect even for those who need or want to be careful with sugars and more refined flours. This sugar-free cream has nothing to envy from the classic custard with sugar. The taste will conquer you at the first try! Perfect to be served as a spoon dessert but also as a filling for pies, cakes, and any dessert your imagination suggests!
You can pair this cream with these desserts:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 6 Hours
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 1
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Every season
Ingredients for the sugar-free custard
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 1/3 tbsp stevia
- 1/4 cup low glycemic index flour
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- lemon zest (edible peel)
Useful tools for making sugar-free custard
- Kitchen scale
- Saucepan
- 2 Bowls
- Wooden spoon
- Spatula
- Whisk
- Knife
- Cling film
- Spoon
Preparation of the sugar-free custard
In a glass bowl, mix the egg yolks with stevia and flour using a wooden spoon until you get a thick and smooth mixture without lumps.
In a saucepan, place the milk and the lemon peel cut into strips, without the white part, and put on the stove over moderate heat for 2 minutes, then turn off.
Put 4 tablespoons of lukewarm milk into the bowl with the egg, stevia, and flour mixture and mix with the wooden spoon until you get a thick and smooth cream.
Pour this obtained cream into the saucepan with milk, put back on medium heat, and stir with the wooden spoon until it starts to thicken, then turn off.
Pour the sugar-free custard into a clean and dry glass bowl using a kitchen spatula, cover immediately with cling film placing it in contact with the cream (to prevent a skin from forming on the cream), let it rest until it cools completely (it will take about 4 to 5 hours).
Once the cream is completely cold, remove the film, remove the lemon peels (use a spoon to do it) and mix vigorously with a hand whisk, this way you will get a smooth, velvety and very creamy custard!
Now your sugar-free custard is ready to be used as a spoon dessert or as a filling for pies, cakes, cookies, and whatever you like!
Storage
You can store the sugar-free custard, once cold, in the fridge for 2 days in a glass bowl covered with cling film in contact.
Or you can store the cream directly in single-serving cups covered with cling film (obviously if you use it as a spoon dessert).
