CrèMe BrûLéEmango Bars
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 eggs + 12 egg yolks
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 vanilla pod halved lengthways, seeds scraped out with the back of a knife
- 4 1/4 cups 2% milk
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 mango ripe, peeled, pitted and diced
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- Preheat the oven to 325u0b0F. Grease a 15 x 12 inch baking pan. Beat the butter, vanilla extract and powdered sugar with the whisk of a mixer until creamy. Beat in the whole eggs one at a time. Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix. Spoon into the pan and smooth out. Bake for 10 mins.
- In a saucepan, bring the sugar, vanilla pod and seeds and 3 3/4 cups of the milk to a boil. In a bowl, mix the cornstarch and 1/2 cup of the milk until smooth, whisk into the hot milk mixture. Simmer for 1 min, stirring, remove from the heat and remove the vanilla pod. Beat the egg yolks with 6 tbsp of the milk mixture, stir into the remaining hot milk mixture.
- Remove the cake from the oven and add the diced mango. Gently spread over the milk mixture. Bake at the same temperature for 12-15 mins, until set. Remove and allow to cool.
- Cut into 42 strips and sprinkle with brown sugar. Heat with a cook's torch until the sugar is golden brown and caramelized.
butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, eggs , flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla, milk, cornstarch, mango, brown sugar
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Creme-BruleeMango-Bars-1409128 (may not work)