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custard: dry whisked, milk in, cooked thick, yolks tempered

sugar + cornstarch + salt, then milk streamed in, cooked over medium until thickened — then a ladle of the hot mixture beaten into the yolks before they join the pot for two more minutes at a low boil; the same tempering-and-full-boil law as the lemon meringue, for the same enzyme reason