crema catalana

AUTHOR
Zackary Austin
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
2.3 3

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 6 fresh egg yolks (Gr. M)
  • 50 g + 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 150 ml + 600 ml milk
  • 50 g Cornstarch
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1⁄2 organic lemon

Directions

  1. 1

    Whisk the egg yolks and 50 g sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer until thick and creamy. Mix 150 ml milk and starch until smooth and fold into the whipped egg yolk mixture.

  2. 2

    Bring 600 ml milk, cinnamon stick and lemon peel to the boil. Remove the cinnamon stick. Stir hot milk into the egg yolk mixture.

  3. 3

    Put the egg milk back into the pot and heat it over medium heat while stirring constantly until the starch binds and a thick cream is formed (must not boil!). Pour the cream into a bowl (preferably metal) and place in a cold water bath.

  4. 4

    Let it cool down. Stir from time to time.

  5. 5

    Divide Crema catalana into four flache bowls and sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon of sugar. Caramelize with a kitchen gas burner.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
370 kcal
CARBS
42 g
FATS
16 g
PROTEINS
11 g

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