Crema Catalana

Crema Catalana or Catalan Cream is the Spanish version of the French dessert, crème brulée. Due to the close proximity of Cataluña to France, some believe the famous French dessert actually originated in Cataluña! Wherever it originated won't matter as you eat this dessert, letting it dissolve in your mouth! It is a great dessert for Spring, since it is also called Crema de Sant Josep, or St. Joseph's cream, traditionally prepared on March 19th, St. Joseph's Day, the Spanish equivalent of Father's Day in the USA.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Sugar
4 egg yolks
1 tbsp Cornstarch
1 Stick Cinnamon
Grated rind of 1 Lemon
2 cups Milk
PREPARATION:
Serves Four

The Perfect Make-Ahead Dessert
This is a great dessert to make ahead of time, since it is very easy and requires 2-3 hours of refrigeration before serving. Make it the day before and leave it in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve.

Then, heat the broiler, carmelize the sugar and serve!

Beat Egg Yolks and Sugar
In a pot, beat together the egg yolks and 3/4 cup sugar until thoroughly blended and the mixture turns frothy. Add the cinnamon stick and grated lemon rind. Pour in the milk and cornstarch. Slowly heat the mixture, stirring constantly, just until thickened. Remove pot from heat immediately.

Tip: As soon as the mixture thickens and you feel resistance while stirring, remove the pot from the heat or the mixture may curdle or separate! The texture of the finished crema will be grainy instead of smooth and creamy as it should be.

Pour into Ramekins and Refrigerate
Remove the cinnamon stick and ladle the milk mixture into 4-6 ramekins (depending on size). Allow to cool, then refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours.

Carmelize the Sugar and Serve
Before serving, preheat the broiler. Remove ramekins with the crema catalana from refrigerator and sprinkle the rest of the sugar over each ramekin. When broiler is hot, place the ramekins under the broiler on the top shelf and allow the sugar to caramelize, turning gold and brown. This may take 10 minutes or so, depending on your broiler. Remove and serve immediately.

If you'd like, you can serve the crema catalana chilled, but we think it has more flavor when served warm from the broiler.

I took the recipe from this page:

http://spanishfood.about.com/od/dessertssweets/r/cremacatalanar.htm

En Castellano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn5zC2JdDOA

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[Travel3]

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[MaxwellsDemon2000]

@Travel3  Yep! :-)

[aldica83]

Utilità di questo video?? sinceramente... -__-

[MaxwellsDemon2000]

@aldica83 sometimes there is no need for a use, I just loved making it, sorry if I stole your time!

[MrCremacatalan]

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[rsilveiro]

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[DonVoghano]

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@DonVoghano

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