Crema Catalana (Catalan Cream)

Ingredients:

• 1/2L of milk
• 5 yolks
• 100g of sugar
• 30g of cornstarch
• 1 lemon peel
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• Sugar to caramelize

Procedure:

Boil the milk with the lemon peel and cinnamon stick.

On another bowl, without stirring, mix the yolks, sugar and cornstarch. Add a little milk from which we started to boil so we get a light cream.

Once the milk starts to boil mix the egg cream with the remaining milk.
Cook at low heat with care not to stick. It shouldn't get to a boiling point.
(It usually served in small earthenware pots).
When it has cooled a bit, sprinkle the cream with sugar and caramelize with the torch burner serving it immediately.

Thanks to El Recetario de Mari for this traditional recipe