custard
n.a sweet, creamy sauce made from milk, eggs, and sugar. You can eat it hot or cold, often on top of desserts like fruit or cake.
n.a culinary preparation consisting of a sweetened mixture of milk or cream and egg yolks, thickened by heat. Often served as a dessert sauce or used as a filling in pastries.
“She poured hot custard over the apple pie.”
“The chef whisked the custard constantly over low heat to ensure the eggs did not scramble.”
“While traditional custard relies on the coagulation of egg proteins for its thick texture, many modern commercial varieties use cornstarch as a stabilizing agent to prevent curdling.”
Uncountable when referring to the substance in general; countable when referring to specific types or individual servings.
Alteration of croustade.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.