I use my great grandmother's
stirred custard recipe and store bought vanilla wafers.
Not exact matches
Firstly, some
recipes have said not to
stir the egg, sugar and milk mixture too vigorously as it will produce froth / bubbles and that will cause the
custard to not be smooth.
Stir occasionally, to keep the
custard from forming a skin on top, while you prepare the rest of the Galaktoboureko
recipe.
This
recipe skips the tricksy water bath in favor of a super simple stovetop technique: just cook the
custard on the stovetop as you would crème anglaise or ice cream base, pour it over chocolate,
stir to combine as though making ganache, pour into cups, and chill until firm.
Follow the Classic Vanilla
recipe, adding 3 ounces of unsweetened chocolate to the
custard while
stirring in the double boiler, but before the egg yolks are added.