Milk Tea Crema Catalana

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Preparation info
  • 6-8

    ramekins or coffee cups
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Baking With Licker: Home Baking With Asian Accents

By Jason Licker

Published 2020

  • About

Let’s talk custard. How does a delightfully creamy dessert that you can cook on your stove sound? Crema catalana, the sexiest dessert name in the world, is as alluring as advertised. I yearn for this velvety vixen of a custard, laced with cinnamon, lemon peel and sometimes orange peel, topped ever so gently with a crisp and delicate caramelized sugar crust. Many folks confuse it with crème brûlée, but despite the similarities, the preparations are qui