🇪🇸 How to Make Crema Catalana

Craving Crema Catalana? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Crema Catalana at home, in about 30 min + chilling, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 500ml whole milk
• 4 egg yolks
• 100g sugar, plus extra for the top
• 20g cornflour
• 1 cinnamon stick
• peel of ½ lemon, no white pith

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Infuse the milk with the cinnamon stick and lemon peel over low heat for 10 min, then fish them out.
2. Whisk the yolks, sugar and cornflour to a smooth paste.
3. Pour the warm milk in slowly, whisking constantly, then return everything to the pan.
4. Stir over medium-low heat until it thickens to a loose custard, 5–8 min. Do not let it boil.
5. Divide into shallow dishes and chill 3 hrs. Shallow matters — this sets soft, not firm like crème brûlée.
6. Sugar on top and blowtorch, or grill hard for 2 min. Crack it within the hour or the sugar weeps.