Fruit Custard

An easy dessert, one that kids and adults will enjoy

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Ingredients

	For the Custard:
6 large	eggs, yolks only
225 g	sugar
	drained syrup from can of peaches
	milk to make up to 1 litre together with peach syrup above, plus a little to mix with cornflour
2 tbsp	cornflour
2 tsp	vanilla essence
	For the fruit salad:
1 large	can of peaches in thick syrup, drained, reserve syrup (see above)
2	bananas, peeled and sliced
2	apples, cored and thinly sliced
2	pears, cored and thinly sliced
3	oranges, peeled and segmented
1 jar(s)	cocktail cherries, drained
1 tsp	fresh lemon juice
	sweetened whipped cream, as topping
	broken meringue, as topping, optional

Method

Preparation time: ca. 30 min Resting time: ca. 1 hr / Grade of difficulty: easy / Calories per portion: n/a

To make the custard: place yolks and sugar in a pan. Stir in cornflour mixed with a little milk and beat well. Add the milk and syrup and stir thoroughly. Cook over a low heat and bring to a boil. Continue to boil while stirring for about 2 minutes until it thickens. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Place all the fruit, apart from the peaches into a bowl. thinly slice two or three peach halves and add to the fruit mixture. Pour in the lemon juice and mix thoroughly.

Add the fruit to the custard and divide between the servings.

Slice the remaining peach halves and decorate the tops of the custard.

Serve chilled, in dessert glasses. Top with sweetened whipped cream or meringue, as desired.