Vanilla-bean creme caramels
- 09.03.2017
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Recipe «Vanilla-bean creme caramels» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:00 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 180g caster sugar, 150ml milk, 300ml thin cream, 1 vanilla bean, split, 4 eggs .
Ingredients:
- 180g caster sugar
- 150ml milk
- 300ml thin cream
- 1 vanilla bean, split
- 4 eggs
Instructions
- Place 150g of the sugar and 4 tablespoons of water in a heavy-based saucepan over low heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Once sugar has dissolved, increase heat to medium-high and cook until sugar turns golden brown. Divide between six dariole moulds. Set aside to cool completely.
- Preheat the oven to 150°C.
- Place milk and cream in a saucepan. Scrape in vanilla seeds and add bean too. Bring to the boil. Remove from heat and set aside for 30 minutes to infuse.
- Beat eggs lightly with remaining sugar (do not overbeat). Add to infused cream and stir to combine.
- Strain mixture into a jug, discard the bean, then fill the moulds. Place moulds in a roasting pan and pour in boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the moulds. Bake for 45 minutes. (The creme caramels should feel quite firm but still have a slight wobble.) Remove from the roasting pan and set aside to cool. When cool cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or preferably overnight.
- When ready to serve, loosen around edge with a knife and invert caramel onto a plate. Serve with thick cream.