African Fool
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup Granulated sugar|Sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons Granulated sugar|Sugar
- 2 mangoes, peeled, and cut into pieces
- Make the custard from the first three ingredients:
- Heat the milk in a saucepan over low heat.
- In a bowl, mix the half cup of Granulated sugar|Sugar into the lightly beaten eggs. Slowly add about a quarter of the heated milk to the egg-Granulated sugar|Sugar mixture, while stirring continuously.
- Slowly stir the egg-sugar-milk mixture into the remaining heated milk. Cook on low heat, until it thickens into a custard, stirring gently and continuously.
- Spoon it into a clean bowl and place in the refrigerator to cool.
- While the custard is cooling, cook the mangoes:
- Bring the water and three tablespoons of Granulated sugar|Sugar to the boil.
- Add the mango pieces. Reduce heat and cook until tender, 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mash the mango, or press it through a sieve.
- Spoon it into a clean bowl and place in the refrigerator to cool.
- To serve:
- Gently fold together custard and fruit.
- Spoon into serving bowls.
- Serve immediately or keep in refrigerator for no more than a day.
This article uses material from the "African Fool" article on the Recipes wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License
