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Saviolo

(3,270 posts)
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 10:16 AM Sep 2020

Classic Creme Caramel Recipe

A couple months back we did a kind of caker cheater flan recipe that uses condensed milk and evaporated milk. It's super easy and comes out tasty, but the final result is a little firmer and springier. This week we did the classic creme caramel, based on the Julia Child method. We've also scaled it down (as we've been doing with a bunch of our recipes) so that if you don't have an army to feed and you just want a few servings, these recipes will work. This one comfortably made 3 servings.

We did, however, still cheat on the caramel. The difficulty for us with the caramel is that we no longer have a gas range in our new place. Because we're on an electric stove with the coils, the heat is not super even in the pot, and it makes caramel making a lot trickier, and leads to a lot of crystallized sugar! When one side is getting heated faster than the other, it's far more likely that you're going to end up with a hard crystallized mess in your pot. So, we did this cheat where we mixed golden corn syrup with a bit of molasses for the caramel, and it worked extremely well.

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Classic Creme Caramel Recipe (Original Post) Saviolo Sep 2020 OP
This looks yummy, and it reminded me of a recipe I recently saw for peaches and cream brulee Tanuki Sep 2020 #1
Interesting! Saviolo Sep 2020 #2
Tell Chef Caleb no more excuses MagickMuffin Sep 2020 #3
Haha! That's fair Saviolo Sep 2020 #4

Saviolo

(3,270 posts)
2. Interesting!
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 10:40 AM
Sep 2020

We're developing a recipe right now for a creme caramel with peaches integrated somehow. The tricky bit is keeping the milk from curdling when we add the peaches!

Saviolo

(3,270 posts)
4. Haha! That's fair
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 02:45 PM
Sep 2020

We have some other priorities for what we're buying right now to get our apartment to where we want it, but that's certainly something we should look into. We're also pondering getting an induction element, because most of our pans are compatible with induction, which usually gives a lovely even heat.

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