Catalan cream origins
La Catalan cream is composed of a cream flavored with lemon and cinnamon with a very soft and creamy texture, covered with a layer of caramelized sugar, with the help of a kitchen cinnamon, which gives it a note of crispness.
This cream is a sweet spoon from the catalog, it was traditionally consumed for the feast of St. Joseph, on March 19, but today it is consumed all over the world.
Some theories believe that it is not native Spanish, but that it comes from England, of course the Spanish claim originality.
A story tells that the Catalan cream was created by some Catalan nuns, this latter prepared a pudding for a dressing on their visit, but this pudding turned out a little too liquid and they could serve it added caramelized sugar above.
Catalan cream the original recipe
A true and proper recipe does not exist, every Catalan family has its own recipe that varies for small details but that at the same time makes it unique.
Ingredients for 6/8 cups of Catalan cream:
- 500 ml of milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 100 g sugar
- 2 tablespoons of maizena
- 1 vanilla stick
- 1 cinnamon stick
- lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons of cane sugar
- nutmeg
Put the milk with cinnamon and lamb lemon zest in a pentoline to submerge for about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, beat the eggs with the maizena until you get a creamy dough.
At this point after filtering the flavoured milk, add it to the mixture of eggs and maizene.
Then mix everything and put on the fire for 5 minutes continuing to stir.
Pour the mixture into molds and let it cool, before serving it sprinkle it with cane sugar and a little bit of nutmeg and caramelize the surface through a cooking bowl, if you do not have the cannello you can put in the oven with grill function until sugar is caramelized.
Preparation with ready preparation for Catalan cream
Mix the powder in a bowl by adding 500 ml of whole milk and 500 ml of cream.
After mixing well, place the cream in 12 cups in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
When serving cream, add brown sugar on the surface and caramelize with the gas cooker.
Where to buy ready preparation for Catalan cream
You can find ours ready for professional Catalan cream in our online shop together with many other ready preparations, if you have a bar, a pastry shop or a ice cream shop and you have no time to prepare a dessert, with our preparations you will have an extra help.
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