Leche Frita with Black Fruit Sauce

Name: Leche Frita with Black Fruit Sauce
Yield: Serves six to eight
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 3 finely pared strips of lemon rind; ½ cinnamon stick; 90g/3½ oz/½ cup caster (superfine) sugar, plus extra for sprinkling; 60 ml/4 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 550 ml/18 fl oz/2½ cups full-fat (whole) milk; 450 g/1lb blackcurrants or blackberries; 450 g/1lb blackcurrants or blackberries; 90 g/3½ oz/½ cup granulated sugar, plus extra for dusting; 90.120 ml/6.8 tbsp stale breadcrumbs or dried crumbs; 90.120 ml/6.8 tbsp stale breadcrumbs or dried crumbs; ground cinnamon, for dusting; sunflower oil, for frying; 30 ml/2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour; 60 ml/4 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 2 large (US extra large) eggs; 3 large (US extra large) egg yolks

Preparation info

Serves
six to eight

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Spanish Grandmother

By Pepita Aris

Published 2013

About

The name of this dessert means “fried milk”, but if is really custard squares. If is very popular in the Basque country, and has a melting, creamy centre and crunchy, golden coating. Here, it is served hoe with a dark fruit sauce, but it is also good cold.

Ingredients

550 ml/18 fl oz/2½ cups full-fat (whole) milk
3

Europe
Spain
Dessert
Vegetarian
Basque
Mediterranean

Method

Put the milk, lemon rind, cinnamon stick and sugar in a pan and bring to the boil, stirring gently. Cover and leave to infuse for 20 minutes.
Put the cornflour and flour in a bowl and beat in the egg yolks with a wooden spoon. Add a little of the milk and beat to make a smooth batter.

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