Crema Catalana (Catalan cream)
Catalan dessert made from egg yolk cream with caramelized sugar crust — the cousin of crème brûlée.
Source / link: Spanische Küche (Katalonien)
Ingredients
| 500 ml | Milk (or oat drink) |
| 5 Stück | Egg yolks |
| 100 g | Sugar |
| 1 EL | Cornstarch |
| 1 TL | Lemon zest |
| 1 Stück | Cinnamon stick |
Preparation
Step by step through the recipe
- 1 Heat 500 ml Milch with 1 TL Zitronenschale and 1 Stück Zimtstange, remove from the heat and let steep for 10 Minuten.
- 2 Whisk 5 Stück Eigelb with 100 g Zucker until frothy, stir in 1 EL Maisstärke.
- 3 Slowly add the strained Milch while stirring.
- 4 Return the mixture to the pot and thicken over medium heat while stirring until creamy (do not boil).
- 5 Fill into ramekins and chill for at least 4 Stunden.
- 6 Before serving, sprinkle with Zucker and caramelize with a kitchen torch.
Notes & tips
Note: Contains egg + cow's milk + gluten (cornstarch ok).
Nutrition
estimated per serving- Calories
- 388 kcal
- Protein
- 14 g
- Fat
- 21 g
- Carbs
- 37 g
– = ingredient not in nutrition database (estimate incomplete)
