Fruits and Nuts Custard

Make this super easy dessert with a variety of fruits and dry nuts along with a creamy sweet custard.

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The Custard Story

Here is a small write-up that I wrote on my Instagram post when I casually published a post on this dessert. I really hope you like it and do not forget to follow my Instagram page for all the latest posts and recipes.

This story is about a humble dessert called ‘Custard’…a home for all the abandoned fruits lying in the fruit basket waiting to be picked by someone.

The fruit basket gets pushed to the extreme corner of the table, to make space for the large pizza boxes. The apple in the basket is not as crisp and shiny as it should be. Bananas are shunned for their brown speckles and there is a lone orange unnoticed along with a sour kiwi.

All of a sudden, these fruits get picked up together by the home chef…all wondering if the transit is a mixer jar to get revamped into a smoothie. The chef then walks past the blender only to place these forsaken goodies on a chopping board.

Voila! The fruits rejoice as they are now being presented in their real form but with a makeover. They are elegantly peeled and chopped, and get dressed in a creamy silky gleaming sauce called ‘the custard’.

The fruits are now loved by almost anyone…even by those who just pushed the fruit basket to the corner of the table.

The mighty ‘custard’ embraced all the fruits by giving them a new life and purpose…and those who enjoyed the custard lived happily ever after😀

Fruits and Nuts Custard

Fruits and Nuts custard is a chilled fruit salad with a rich and creamy dressing. Custard sauce is a popular and easy-to-make dessert with just three ingredients. Instead of making the sauce from scratch, we can use the instant custard powder mix that is easily available in the market.

What is so unique or special about Fruit Custard

Ingredients used in making Fruits and Nuts Custard

1. Instant custard powder – This instant mix is easily available in any grocery store. the Pudding mix is not the same as instant custard powder.
2. Milk – It is always better to use milk at room temperature. You can substitute cow’s milk with other vegan kinds of milk.
3. Sugar – If you want to use other types of sugar, white granulated is the best option here. The taste might differ slightly when you use palm sugar or jaggery.
4. Vanilla essence – You can use essence as well as extract. Even freshly scraped vanilla bean is perfect too.
5. Fruits – Avoid using too citrus kinds of fruits like oranges and fresh pineapple. But if you want to use tinned pineapple, it’s perfectly fine. Use a mixed fruit tin along with fresh fruits.
6. Dry fruits and nuts – Any kind of chopped dry fruits and nuts are perfect for this Fruits and Nuts custard.

How and when to serve Fruit and Nuts custard

Enjoy this refreshing dessert when it is served chilled. A delicious and comforting dessert for your Hi-Tea parties and picnics. You can serve this dish as breakfast too.

How to store the leftover dessert

You can refrigerate only the custard sauce for up to 5 days. Keep adding the fruits and nuts as required to the plain custard sauce and enjoy the dessert.

Store the custard sauce in an air-tight glass container in the refrigerator section for 4 to 5 days.

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Fruits and Nuts Custard

Shanaz Rafiq

Fruits and Nuts custard is a refreshing cold dessert made with milk and instant custard mix. This creamy and chilled custard sauce is an excellent dressing for fruit salads and desserts.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Refrigerating Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Global

Servings 4

Equipment

• Saucepan

Ingredients

  

For instant custard sauce

• 3 tablespoon instant custard powder
• 3 ¼ cup milk
• ¾ cup sugar white granulated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

For toppings

• ½ apple diced
• ½ banana
• ½ cup grapes cut into half
• ¼ cup pomegranate arils
• ¼ cup chopped almonds
• 5 dates chopped
• 2 dry figs sliced

Instructions

 

Preparation

• Take 1/4 cup of milk and mix 3 tablespoon custard powder and set aside
• Chop all the fruits except bananas. Sprinkle a few drops of lemon juice over the fruits to prevent them turn brown. Cover and set aside in a refrigerator.
• Chop all the nuts and dry fruits and set aside.

To prepare custard sauce

• Heat 3 cups of milk on a slow flame, and keep stirring.
• When it starts to simmer and lightly boil, add the milk-custard mixture along with sugar, and vanilla essence.
• Keep stirring and cook the sauce on slow flame for about 10 minutes. Once the sauce thickens slightly, turn off the flame and set it aside for it to cool down.
• Pour the sauce into a glass container and refrigerate for 1 hour.

To make fruits and nuts custard

• Add the chopped fruits and chopped banana to the chilled custard sauce and mix well. Just add fruits as required according to the sauce. Do not add all fruits at once.
• Pour the dessert into the serving bowls and top it with chopped nuts and pomegranate arils or berries of your choice.

Notes

1 cup capacity = 250 ml

Adjust the consistency of the custard sauce by adding a little more milk to make it flowy or by cooking for a longer time to make it thicker.

Keyword Dessert, Fruits, No-Bake Chilled Dessert