custard

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Etymology

Alteration of croustade.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌs.tə(ɹ)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

• confectioner's custard
• custard apple
• custard arm
• custard brains
• custard Christian
• custard-chucker
• custard coffin
• custard cream
• custard cup
• custard-cups
• custard glass

• custard pie
• custard powder
• custard tart
• custard winds
• custardy
• egg custard
• frozen custard
• fruit custard
• love custard
• turn to custard

Translations

uncountable: sauce

• Arabic: كاسترد m (kāstard)
• Bulgarian: крем карамел m (krem karamél)
• Catalan: crema f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛋奶糕 (dànnǎigāo), 奶黃, 奶黄 (nǎihuáng), 蛋奶凍, 蛋奶冻 (dànnǎidòng), 卡士達, 卡士达 (kǎshìdá), 軟凍, 软冻 (ruǎndòng), 卡斯塔德 (kǎsītǎdé)

• Czech: pudink (cs) m
• Finnish: maitokiisseli

• French: crème anglaise (fr) f, crème pâtissière (fr) f, custard (fr) m
• German: Eierkrem f
• Japanese: カスタード (kasutādo)
• Korean: 커스터드 (keoseuteodeu)
• Latvian: olu krēms
• Malay: kastard
• Persian: کاستارد (kâstârd)
• Russian: заварной крем m (zavarnój krem), кастард m (kástard)
• Spanish: crema pastelera f

countable: any variety of custard

• Japanese: カスタード (kasutādo)

See also

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