Spanish Crema Catalana
- 300 ml Milk
- 200 ml Heavy cream
- 4 Egg yolks
- 50 grams Granulated sugar
- 1 few drops Vanilla essence
- 2 tbsp Corn starch
- 1 fruit worth Lemon or orange zest (unwaxed)
- 3 tbsp Brown sugar (soft light brown sugar, light brown sugar, or other sugar of your choice)
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- Combine the milk, cream, and zest (peeled into large strips) in a pan and heat (but don't bring to a boil).
- Combine the sugar, corn starch, and egg yolks in a bowl and mix with a whisk.
- Add a few drops of vanilla essence.
- Add the milk mixture from Step 1 to the mixture from Step 2 a little at a time.
- Strain everything through a tea strainer and return it to the pan.
- Turn on the heat once more and keep stirring the mixture until it thickens.
- Pour the mixture into small cocottes or small cazuela dishes.
- Mix the ingredients marked with together and sprinkle evenly over the surface of the custard.
- Using a small kitchen blowtorch, or by positioning the dishes directly under the top grill of a preheated toaster oven (with the setting on only the top heat elements), bake the surface of the dessert until the sugar caramelizes.
- Once cooled, chill in the fridge for a few hours.
- It's ready.
- This dessert goes great with coffee.
- How to serve: After you've prepared the custard, pour it into the individual dishes and chill in the fridge.
- Make the caramel layer just before you are ready to serve.
- Prepared this way, you can enjoy an even thicker custard.
- Chilled custard also has a slightly different, yet still delicious flavour.
milk, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla essence, starch, fruit worth lemon, brown sugar, cinnamon powder
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/150759-spanish-crema-catalana (may not work)