Lavender Stirred Custard With Non Dairy, Eggless Options

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 1/2 cups low-fat milk or 2 1/2 cups plain rice milk or 2 1/2 cups plain soymilk
• 1/4 cup fresh lavender flowers or 2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 if omitting the egg: mix the cornstarch with 1/4 cup of water or soy milk.
• 2 in small pan over med heat steam the milk but do not boil. turn off heat and stir in lavender, allow to steep for 20 minutes.
• 3 use a fine mesh strainer set over bowl strain the lavender out. discard.
• 4 return milk to saucepan and bring to steaming again. turn off heat.
• 5 in small bowl, whisk together sugar, cornstarch and salt. in sep bowl whisk egg and pour into cornstarch mixture whisking thoroughly. slowly add 1/3 cup hot milk to this mix. whisk constantly. add back inot hot milk in pan whisk constantly.
• 6 over med heat, cook custard, stirring constantly until mix thickens and begins to bubble. about 3 minutes. stir in vanilla. pour into custard cups. set aside to cool. refrigerate if serving more than 2 hours later.