Mint Custard - cooking recipe

Ingredients

200 ml milk
3 egg yolks
40 g sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon creme de menthe
1 teaspoon chopped mint leaf

Preparation

Bring the milk, vanilla essence to the boil in a heavy-based saucepan.
Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until white in colour.
Slowly add the hot milk to the egg mixture.
Return the custard back to a clean saucepan and gently reheat until the custard coasts the back of your spoon.
Do not boil.
Refrigerate until cold and fold in creme de menthe and mint leaves.