High Fens Fire Custard
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TypeDessert
Serves4 people
DateAugust 19, 2026
Comfort custard with burnt crust and chocolate shavings as a burnt heathland in the rain.
A warm comfort custard in one dish, with a burnt caramel crust as scorched heath. Chocolate shavings depict burnt trees, while powdered sugar rain symbolizes hope for rain. Serve in an oval dish: the fire zone from above.
Ingredients
- 1 liter whole milk
- 100 g sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 4 egg yolks
- 40 g cornstarch
- 50 g dark chocolate
- 4 tbsp fine granulated sugar (for the crust)
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar
Method
- Heat the milk with the split vanilla pod until just below boiling.
- In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks with 100 g sugar until light. Add the cornstarch.
- Slowly pour the hot milk into the egg mixture, stirring constantly.
- Pour everything back into the pan and heat gently until a thick custard forms. Keep stirring.
- Remove the vanilla pod and pour the custard into a large oval oven dish.
- Let cool to lukewarm.
- Sprinkle 4 tbsp granulated sugar over the custard and caramelize with a blowtorch until dark and burnt.
- Roughly chop the dark chocolate and scatter as 'burnt trees' on one side of the dish.
- Sift powdered sugar over the other part as 'rain'.
- Serve warm or lukewarm.
Serving notes
- Serve in an oval dish for the effect of a burning nature reserve seen from above.
- Scatter the chocolate shavings and powdered sugar just before serving for best contrast.