custardiness en · NOUN
Etymology
From custardy + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being custardy.
These scrumptious little cakes, which have a sweet, comforting custardiness to them, were one of my favorite discoveries in working on this book. […] What liquid do you scramble your eggs with? Milk or plain soy milk gives a creamy custardiness, water makes it eggier, but carbonated water gives a surprising lightness.
2002 October, Crescent Dragonwagon, Passionate Vegetarian: More Than 1,000 Robust Recipes with Notes on Cooking, Eating, Loving, and Living Fearlessly, New York, N.Y.: Workman Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, pages 778 (Vegetable World § Sweet Parsnip Nubbins) and 888 (Quick Fix § Scrambled Eggs):The classic “three milks” from the title are sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk; I’ve replaced the first with cajeta (the goat-milk caramel so famous in Mexico), the last with heavy cream (to give it a little more custardiness).
1996, Rick Bayless with Deann Groen Bayless and Jean Marie Brownson, “Celebration Cake: Pastel de Tres Leches”, in “Desserts”, in Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant Flavors of a World-Class Cuisine, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 394:A plump, medium-bodied Chardonnay with a trace of custardiness to its texture, this wine speaks of its origins, marrying ripe pear fruit with toasted nuts and mineral notes.
2005 November 15, Joe Czerwinski, “Domaine Vincent Sauvestre 2003 Chardonnay (Bourgogne) $11”, in “France”, in Wine Enthusiast Magazine Essential Buying Guide 2007, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 176, column 2: