# Crema Catalana

Crema Catalana is a dessert similar to creme brulee and flan.

- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 egg yolks
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2.5 cups whole milk
- orange peel
- 2 pieces cinnamon sticks
- sugar

## Instructions

1. Add egg yolks and sugar to a measuring cup and whisk quickly until pale.
2. In a separate container, combine cornstarch and water to make a slurry.
3. Add the slurry to the egg yolk and sugar mixture.
4. In a pot, add whole milk, orange peel, and cinnamon sticks.
5. Use a kitchen lighter on the cinnamon sticks.
6. Heat until simmering, then remove from heat.
7. Strain the milk mixture.
8. Temper the egg mixture by gradually adding the hot milk while whisking.
9. Pour the combined mixture back into the pot and cook on low until it thickens into a pudding.
10. Strain the pudding.
11. Pour into ramekins.
12. Chill overnight.
13. Sprinkle sugar on top and torch at an angle until caramelized.
14. Grate orange peel on top.

## Equipment

- bowls
- measuring cup
- whisk
- pot
- orange peeler
- kitchen lighter
- strainer
- spatula
- ramekins
- baking tray
- blow torch
- microplane

## Tips

- Whisk the egg yolks and sugar quickly to prevent the sugar from cooking the egg yolks.
- Heat the milk until simmering before taking it off the heat.
- When tempering, add the hot liquid gradually to the egg mixture to prevent scrambling.
- Cook the mixture until it becomes a pudding, continuously stirring to prevent scrambling.
- Chill ramekins overnight.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/zf4g0UKdXPc?si=h4q5JgMY2pi5FNIs
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8b9eca9b-8bfb-46ff-9fea-85475836a3e6
- Extracted: 2025-05-26

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