Best Queimada Recipes

QUEIMADA

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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup Spanish brandy
1 cup dry red wine
Peel of 1 small lemon
1/2 an apple, peeled, cored and cut in 4 wedges
2 teaspoons coffee beans

Steps:

In a heavy skillet, dissolve the sugar in 1 tablespoon water. Cook until the sugar caramelizes to golden. Add brandy and stir. In a separate saucepan, heat the wine. Transfer the caramel/brandy mixture to a flameproof container. Add lemon peel, apple and coffee beans. Ignite with a match. After a couple minutes, put the flames out with the warmed red wine and serve in small glasses.
Suggested brandy to cook with: Felipe II Solera Reserva Augustin Blazquez.

LECHE QUEMADA (CARAMELIZED MILK)

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Provided by Food Network

Time 5h

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 1/2 quarts cows or goats milk
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 sticks cinnamon, each about 2 inches long
2 1/4 cups sugar
10 egg yolks, beaten
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped
6 to 8 tablespoons sugar
5 1/3 tablespoons butter, melted
2/3 cup walnuts, chopped or ground

Steps:

Heat milk in a saucepan. Add baking soda and cinnamon. Bring to a boil over high heat and remove from heat. Cool. Repeat procedure 3 times. Combine sugar and cornstarch. Beat egg yolks with sugar-cornstarch mixture. Add some hot milk to egg mixture, stir and pour back into hot milk. Return to heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until pudding is very thick and separates when stirred to reveal the bottom of the pan. Add walnuts and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Spoon pudding onto a deep heat-resistant platter. Sprinkle with sugar and top with butter. Heat the broiler and brown top of pudding. Sprinkle generously with chopped walnuts and cool for 4 to 5 hours before serving.

QUEIJADAS

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Super easy to make, and these won't last long. Try substituting almond or lemon extract for the vanilla. Or top them with flaked coconut or fresh fruit before baking!

Provided by Scotty Carreiro

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Portuguese

Time 55m

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

3 eggs
2 cups white sugar
3 tablespoons butter
¾ cup all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
In a blender, combine eggs, sugar and butter. Blend until smooth. Pour in flour and milk, a little at a time, blending until smooth again. Stir in vanilla.
Pour into muffin tins, filling 3/4 full. Bake in preheated oven 45 minutes, until golden brown. Serve hot or cold.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 147.7 calories, Carbohydrate 27.5 g, Cholesterol 38.3 mg, Fat 3.3 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 36.5 mg, Sugar 23.6 g