CREMA CATALANA

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My family loves this Spanish dessert so I usually make 8 portions, so we have can eat it 2 days in a row. You can of course also half the ingredients.

Provided by Marianne

Categories     Spanish Recipes

Time 5h5m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 8

8 large egg yolks
1 ¼ cups white sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 organic lemon
4 cups whole milk
1 (2 inch) piece cinnamon stick
1 (3 inch) vanilla bean, split and scraped
8 tablespoons turbinado sugar

Steps:

  • Combine egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in cornstarch.
  • Peel lemon in one piece. Combine milk, lemon peel, cinnamon stick, and vanilla seeds in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat, cover, and allow the milk to get infused with the flavorings for 30 minutes and cool. Whisk egg yolk-sugar mixture into the lukewarm milk.
  • Return to heat and simmer, stirring constantly, over low heat until cream thickens, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove lemon peel and cinnamon stick. Spoon cream into 8 ovenproof ramikens and allow to cool completely, at least 4 hours or overnight.
  • Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
  • Sprinkle 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar onto each ramiken and set under the broiler until sugar caramelizes, 1 to 2 minutes. Pay close attention so sugar does not burn.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 310.7 calories, Carbohydrate 53.7 g, Cholesterol 217 mg, Fat 8.4 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 6.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 61.9 mg, Sugar 50 g

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