Thai-Flavored Bavarian Cream

Name: Thai-Flavored Bavarian Cream
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 cup heavy cream; 1¼ cups milk of your choice; ⅓ cup sweetened small coconut flakes; One 2 x ½-inch strip lime rind; 1 stick cinnamon, broken into pieces; ⅓ teaspoon ground cardamom; ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 1½ teaspoons unflavored gelatin or 2 leaves European gelatin; 1½ teaspoons unflavored gelatin or 2 leaves European gelatin; 3 large egg yolks; 1¼ cups granulated sugar; 1 cup water; 2 limes; Pinch of salt

Preparation info

FFR—
6 to 8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Making of a Cook

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1997

About

I love the flavors of Thai food, but they always seem to me to evoke luscious desserts. As a result, here is a Bavarian cream with a different spicing.

Ingredients

1 cup heavy cream
1¼ cups milk of your choice
⅓ cup

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Method

Whip the cream until it barely starts to mound and keep it refrigerated.

Bring the milk to a boil in a saucepan, add the coconut, lime rind, cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg and let steep for 45 minutes off the heat. Strain and bring the milk back to scalding. Meanwhile, dissolve or soften the gelatin in a tad of water.

In a sauteuse pan, mix the egg yolks, ¼ cup of the sugar, and