Chocolate custard

This did not start out as chocolate custard!

However, the final version is way better than where it was going.

My teen, who apparently doesn’t like custard, waltzed away with the whole (big) bowl

Custard is full of protein & especially this version!

Recipe – Chocolate custard

Cool ingredients
½ egg
1 egg yolk
67.5 g milk
13 g cornflour
10 g sugar (I used coconut)
25 g cocoa powder
Heated ingredients
77.5 g milk
60 g cream cheese (I used Philadelphia)
10 g sugar (add more to taste)
½ tsp vanilla

Method

Whisk together eggs, sugar, milk, cornflour, cocoa powder until smooth. Set aside.
On a low heat, whisk together cream cheese, milk, sugar & vanilla until the cream cheese melts & mixture is smooth.
Allow to cool slightly.
Add to cooled mixture carefully while whisking.
Return all ingredients to the pan & whisk on a medium heat until custard thickens & starts to bubble
Serve warm or cold

Judith, MA Cantab (Cambridge University), MSc Psychology (first-class honours), is working on a PhD, an AOTA accredited picky eating advisor and internationally certified nutritional therapist. She works with 100+ families every year resolving fussy eating and returning pleasure and joy to the meal table.

She is also mum to two boys and the author of Creating Confident Eaters and Winner Winner I Eat Dinner. Her dream is that every child can approach food from a place of safety and joy, not fear.

Learn more about Judith here: https://theconfidenteater.com/about/