custard
nounUK /ˈkʌs.təd/ · CA, US /ˈkʌs.tɚd/
Etymology Alteration of croustade.
1
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, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
2
Broadly A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.
- Derived terms
36 terms
African custard apple, all over the place like a mad woman's custard, birthing custard, boiled custard, confectioner's custard, cowardy custard, cup custard, custard apple, custard arm, custard brains, custard cannon, custard Christian, custard-chucker, custard coffin, custard cream, custard cup, custard-cups, custard glass, custard launcher, custardlike, custard peach, custard-pie, custard pie, custard powder, custard slice, custard squash, custard tart, custard wind, custardy, egg custard, egg custard tart, frozen custard, fruit custard, love custard, plums and custard, turn to custard- Related terms
- bavarois, cream puff, crema catalana, crème brûlée, crème caramel, custard winds, floating island, panna cotta, pannacotta, trifle, vanilla slice, vla, zabaglione
- Holonyms
- trifle