amaretto custard sauce

13 Pinches
Grapeview, WA
Updated on Feb 9, 2015

Serve this light sauce over berries or fresh fruit and top with toasted slivered almonds. Or, for a super-fast sauce, stir amaretto (almond liqueur) into slightly softened vanilla ice cream. From Anne Lindsay's Light Kitchen.

prep time 5 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Stove Top
yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup milk, 2%
  • 1 - egg yolk, whisked
  • 2 tablespoons amaretto or coffee liqueur

How To Make amaretto custard sauce

  • Step 1
    In small nonaluminum saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch; stir in milk.
  • Step 2
    Bring to simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly; reduce heat to low and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until thickened slightly.
  • Step 3
    Whisk about half of the hot mixture into yolk; whisk back into hot milk mixture.
  • Step 4
    Cook, stirring, over low heat for 2 minutes or until thickened.
  • Step 5
    Remove from heat and stir in amaretto. Let cool.
  • Step 6
    Almond Custard Sauce: Prepare Amaretto Custard Sauce, substituting 1 tsp almond extract for the amaretto.
  • Step 7
    Makes 1 1/4 cup.

Discover More

Category: Fruit Sauces
Ingredient: Dairy
Culture: American
Method: Stove Top

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