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