Orange Custard

Ingredients

• Milk 1 ½ cups (360 ml)
• Sugar 6 tbsp  
• Milk ½ cup (120 ml) ]
• Cornflour ¼ c up ] mixed together
• Orange or vanilla essence 1 tsp ]
• Orange juice   1 cup (240 ml) ]
• Sugar 2 tsp ] cook to reduce to half
• Orange segments (peeled), for garnish
• Almonds, shredded fine for garnish 1 tbsp

Preparation

• Bring the milk to a boil and add the sugar. Lower the heat and stir to dissolve the sugar.

• Stirring all the time, add the cornflour mixture and let it come to a boil. Simmer for a minute and take it off the heat.

• Transfer on to a serving dish and leave to set in the refrigerator.

• Cook the orange juice to reduce to half.

• Decorate the orange segments over the custard, pour the juice over, sprinkle with almonds and leave in the refrigerator till ready to serve.