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Catalan Cooking Holiday Culinary Vacation

Spain

Crema Catalana

Creme Brulee

Everyone loves crème brulee, this is Spain’s version from our Catalan Cooking Holiday and it’s delicious. 

Serves 6
4 cups milk (plus a little milk to dissolve cornstarch)
7 oz sugar
8 egg yolks
1 oz cornstarch
cinnamon stick (1/2 tsp ground cinnamon)
1 zest of lemon
Bring the milk to a boil with the cinnamon and lemon zest. In another bowl mix together the sugar, egg yolks and the dissolved cornstarch. When the milk is boiling, remove from the heat and add in a slow stream to the mixture in the bowl, stirring with a whisk. Return the mixture to the saucepan and place it on low heat. When the ‘crema’ beings to bubble, turn off the heat. Pour the ‘crema’ into earthenware dishes and let it cool, then refrigerate. Before serving, sprinkle sugar on top of each ‘crema’ and carmelize with a hot iron.

Chef’s note: Always caramelize the sugar immediately before serving.

Buen Apetito!

Suggested Menu:

Serve with Spanish Hot Chocolate. Grate 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate into a bowl and cover it with a little of the 2/3 cup of boiling water. Mash the mixture into a paste. Add the rest of the water and 1 tsp vanilla, 3 tsp sugar plus a dash of cinnamon and beat with an electric mixer until frothy.  The chocolate will not totally dissolve and will have a grittiness to it.

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