Coconut Crème Caramel

Name: Coconut Crème Caramel
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 eggs; ½ cup sugar; 1½ cups coconut milk; 1 vanilla bean, split, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup milk

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Jean-Georges

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 1998

About

This recipe isn’t all that different from traditional crème caramel, but it has the distinctive—and easily added—flavor of coconut.

Ingredients

½ cup sugar
4 eggs
½ cup milk

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Place ¼ cup sugar in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan and turn the heat to medium-high. Cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until the sugar melts and turns a nice shade of brown. Immediately pour it into 4 small ramekins, swirling to distribute.