INGREDIENT
- 1 can condensed milk
- 800 ml (3 1/4 cups) fresh milk
- 75 ml (1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp) cornflour
- pinch of salt
- 2 eggs
- 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract, or vanilla seeds scraped from a vanilla pod
- 30 ml (2 Tbsp) butter
- 1 packet graham biscuits, or if not available, any other square or rectangular biscuit.
METHOD
Microwave method
- Combine condensed milk and 2 cups milk together and heat until almost boiling.
(This can take 5 to 8 minutes on high, depending on your microwave oven.) - Mix cornflour, salt, eggs and remaining milk together.
- Add small quantities of the hot milk mixture to the egg mixture, to gradually increase its temperature without cooking the eggs.
- Add the egg-and-milk mixture to the warm milk mixture while whisking briskly.
- Cook for 8 to 10 minutes on high in the microwave oven, but remove every minute and stir well before continuing.
- It must be a very thick custard.
- Add butter and vanilla.
- Line a large enough dish with biscuits.
- It works great if you line a rectangular or square Pyrex dish with square, biscuits, but any plain biscuits can be used.
- Fill gaps between biscuits with broken biscuit pieces.
- Pour the warm mixture gently over the biscuit base.
- To decorate: create a paper pattern with your favorite design, and cut it to create holes for tracing your cinnamon sprinkles.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon and allow it to set for 3 to 4 hours in the fridge. Remove paper pattern carefully once chilled.
Stove-top method
- Pour condensed milk and 2 1/2 cups milk into a saucepan and bring to simmer.
- Use remaining cold milk to prepare a paste with the corn flour, and add to the boiling milk.
- Stir continuously until the mixture thickens.
- Remove from heat.
- Beat the eggs in a separate container and add spoonfuls of the thickened milk-mixture to slowly raise the temperature of the egg mixture until warm.
- Add egg mixture to the thickened mixture while stirring continuously. Return to heat and cook slowly for a few minutes. It must be a very thick custard.
- Remove from heat.
- Add butter and vanilla essence.
- Pour into lined biscuits dish while mixture is still hot.
- Dust with cinnamon.
- Allow it to set in the fridge, for 3 to 4 hours.
Credits to: rainbowcooking.co.nz
