Crème Caramel Recipe

Crème Caramel

This is a lighter recipe that uses milk instead of cream. Many of the recipes I saw online used milk instead of cream. I don’t know the history of crème caramel but I presume it was initially made with cream but now the milk based versions are becoming more popular. I have never tried crème caramel made with cream but I think I would prefer the milk based version because of lightness. 

I've also tried  crème caramel made with oat milk and the result was absolutely fantastic. I preferred the oat milk version. In addition to bringing extra flavour, oat milk also added a bit of color.

Recipe Source: Mary Berry

Ingredients

For the caramel

160g/6oz sugar

6 tablespoon water

Unsalted butter, for greasing the ramekins

For the custard

4 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

25g/1oz sugar

600ml full-fat milk

Directions

1. Heat oven 150°C/300°F. Warm the ramekins in the oven, so they are warm when the caramel is poured in.
2. First make the caramel. Pour the sugar and six tablespoons of water into a clean stainless steel pan.
3. Dissolve the sugar slowly, stirring with a wooden spoon over a low heat.
4. When there are no sugar granules left, stop stirring and boil until the sugar turns a dark copper colour.
5. Remove immediately from the heat to ensure the caramel does not burn. Quickly pour the caramel into the warmed ramekins. Set aside to cool and become hard. (Do not put in the fridge because the sugar will absorb moisture and go soft and tacky). Once hard, butter the sides of the ramekins above the level of the caramel.
6. For the custard, whisk the eggs, vanilla extract and sugar together in a bowl until well mixed.
7. Pour the milk into a saucepan, gently heat over a low heat until you can still just dip your finger in for a moment, then strain the milk through a fine sieve onto the egg mixture in the bowl.
8. Whisk together until smooth, then pour the mixture into the prepared ramekins.
9. Stand the ramekins in a roasting tin and fill the tin half-way with boiling water from a kettle.
10. Cook in the oven for about 20-30 minutes or until the custard has set. Do not overcook the custard – check around the edges of the dishes, to make sure no bubbles are appearing.
11. Take the crème caramels out of the oven, remove the ramekins from the tray and set on a cooling rack. When cool, transfer to the fridge overnight so that the caramel is absorbed into the custard.
12. To serve, loosen the sides of the custard by tipping the ramekin and loosen with a small palette knife round the edges. Place a serving dish on top of the ramekin and turn upside down.

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