Creme caramel recipe

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  • Cuisine: Portuguese

A true classic Portuguese dessert and it's easy!

Ingredients

Caramel
50 - 75 mls cold water
200g white sugar

Custard
200g white sugar
12 eggs
1 litre milk
1 cinnamon stick
1 strip lemon rind
1 tsp vanilla essence

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Preparation

Caramel
Place water in a heavy saucepan. Add sugar, pouring into the centre of the water so it doesn't touch the edges. Cook over a medium heat for ten minutes. Do not stir. The caramel will slowly colour from blonde to brunette, to a dark, rich colour. Pour into ramekins.

Custard
Whisk eggs, one at a time into sugar until mixture is slightly frothy.

Put milk, cinnamon stick, lemon peel and vanilla essence into a saucepan and bring to boil, remove from heat and stir into egg mixture (do not over mix).

Pour mixture through a sieve into a jug and then pour into ramekins. Be careful when pouring over the caramel that you swirl a little as you pour so the warm mixture does not crack the toffee.

Place ramekins in an overproof dish and fill half way up the sides of the dish with water. Bake at 150°C for 30 minutes turning the baking dish around after 15 minutes to cook evenly.

Rest for 30 mins. Run a knife around the edges of the ramekins before turning out onto a dish.

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17 Apr 2012 04:49 AEST
lola
victoria
yummy 5 stars
i made with half of the recipe and came out beautiful and yummyyyyyyyy.Thanks.
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26 Jul 2011 08:51 AEST
mollie
st kilda east
how many?
about to make this recipie as i LOVE creme caramel, but just wondering how many it makes. it asks for 12 eggs and a litre of milk, that sounds like alot of custard and not sure if ill have the dishes to cook it in! can anyone who has already made it till me round about how many it makes? thanks!
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24 Feb 2011 12:02 AEST
Jessi J
Northcote
Easy and Delicous
I really liked this recipe. It's very simple and the texture was just perfect. Unfortunately I cooked the caramel sauce for too long so it burnt. Also make sure you don't stir the sugar and water because it recrystalises. As for the water, I put the ramekins in cold water but I found I needed more cooking time. I baked for about 60 minutes too (like Regina). I just checked when they were ready by sticking in a skewer until it came out clean.
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04 Oct 2010 01:19 AEST
steev
Sydney
Baine Marie = Hot Water
Putting ramekins into the pan with water creates a baine marie. A baine marie uses hot water.
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16 Jul 2010 07:00 AEST
Tania
Melbourne
Yummmm
Hi Maeve and Joao What a delicious dessert! I always thought this was so much harded to make!!
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27 Jun 2010 07:47 AEST
Leo's Feast
Sydney
Yummy!!
I think i might make this one of my favourite recipes EVER!! So quick.... I have been featured foodie because of my blog leosfeast.com .
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15 Jun 2010 07:48 AEST
Natalia
Livepool
Can't wait to eat this YUMMY DESSERT
I can't wait to make this delicious dessert. I was just wondering why don't you put this recipe on this website. Everyone would love to make this delicious dessert one day. I remember from a long time ago my dad got this dessert from the shops. It was so YUMMY to eat. But I guest that don't sell it any more.
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27 Mar 2010 04:37 AEST
Cheryl
Healesville
Can't wait to make it!!
Wasn't sure whether the water in the baking dish is hot or cold? Please help. Many thanks Cheryl
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