custard

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Etymology

Alteration of croustade.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkʌs.tə(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /"kVs.t@(r)d/

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Noun

custard (countable and uncountable; plural custards)

1. (uncountable) 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.
2. (countable) Any particular variety of custard.

Derived terms

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Translations

uncountable: sauce

Arabic: كاسترد (ar) (kāsutard) f. Bulgarian: крем карамел (bg) Czech: pudink (cs) f. Finnish: maitokiisseli French: crème anglaise (fr) f., crème pâtissière (fr) f.

German: Eierkrem f. Japanese: カスタード (kasutādo) Latvian: olu krēms (lv) Malay: kastard (ms)

countable: any variety of custard

See also

• bavarois
• crème brûlée
• creme caramel
• cream puff
• floating islands
• trifle
• panna cotta, pannacotta
• vanilla slice
• vla
• zabaglione