Crema Catalana

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      25 min

Appears in
In the Mood for Entertaining

By Jo Pratt

Published 2009

  • About

This creamy Spanish dessert is very similar to the French crème brûlée with its rich creamy custard and crunchy caramel top. It is, however, a lot easier to prepare and serve, especially for a large group of people.

Ingredients

  • 6 egg yolks
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • 3 tablespoons

Method

Beat together the egg yolks and just 150g of the caster sugar until wonderfully light, pale and fluffy.

Mix the cornflour with a couple of tablespoons of the milk and keep to one side.

Pour the remaining milk into a saucepan, add the cinnamon and lemon zest and gently bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and stir into the egg and sugar mixture. Add the vanilla extract and cor