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Definition of Custard
1. Noun. Sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen.
Specialized synonyms: Creme Caramel, Creme Anglais, Creme Brulee, Fruit Custard, Bavarian Cream
Definition of Custard
1. n. A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
Definition of Custard
1. Noun. A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches. ¹
2. Noun. Any particular variety of custard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Custard
1. a thick, soft dessert [n -S] : CUSTARDY [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Custard
Literary usage of Custard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Eggs should be beaten slightly for custard, that it may be of smooth, ...
Flavor Boiled custard with sherry wine, and pour over slices of stale sponge cake; ..."
2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Baked custard. Boil one pint of cream, half a pint of milk, with mace, cinnamon,
and lemon-peel, a little of each. When cold, mix the yolks of three" eggs; ..."
3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1906)
"'Cause the custard was stealed by a bad little girl Who felt ... "Go find nurse,
for I guess There's some custard to wash off a little girl's dress. ..."
4. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Put the custard into a glass bowl or dish, and heap the frothed white of an egg
upon it. ... Or put the custard in small cups, piling some froth on each. ..."
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