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Crema Catalana

 

crema Catalana comes from the Mediterranean region of Catalonia, and you will literally find this delicious dessert on menus everywhere from Barcelona to Tarragona. It is the perfect end to a gourmet dinner, and pairs sublimely with Spain’s dessert wines such as a Moscatel from Alicante, a Pedro Ximenez from Jerez or an old vine Garnacha from Malaga.

 

Ingredients

  • 8 egg yolks
  • I Liter of Whole milk
  • 1 cinnamon Stick
  • 30 grams of Maizena (cornstarch)
  • 1 Zest of lemon
  • 200 Grams of Sugar


Directions

Dissolve the Maizena in milk. Bring the milk to a boil with the cinnamon stick and lemon zest. In another bowl, mix together the Sugar, egg yolks and the Maizena (already dissolved). When the mil is boiling, remove from the heat, storing with the whisk. Return the mixture to the saucepan and place it on low heat. When the “crema” begins to bubble, turn off the heat. Pour the “crema” into the earthenware dishes and let it cool, then refrigerate. Before serving, sprinkle Sugar on top of each “crema” and carmelize with a hot iron (or red hot bottom of a pan).

Lemon Cake

 

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 cups self-raising flour
  • 1 lemon, rind of

Directions

Combine Sugar and eggs. Add lemon rind, then oil. Fold in the flour alternatively with the milk. Bake in a 23cm round or similar size square cake tin at 180 degree celsius oven for about 40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. (I usually make this in double quantity and bake it in a large rectangular pan about 30cm x 25cm.) Check after 40 minutes and see if it needs longer.

 RISO LATTE DULCE

 

Ingredients

  • 4 cups skim milk, divided
  • 1 cup uncooked medium grain rice
  • 1/3 cup Sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup dried cherries, quartered figs or other dried fruit
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Combine 3 cups skim milk, rice, Sugar, salt and cinnamon in 2- to 3-quart saucepan.
  2. Cook over medium heat; stirring occasionally 12 to 15 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly.
  3. Add remaining 1 cup skim milk and cherries.
  4. Cook 12 to 15 minutes more; stirring until mixture slowly boils and thickens.
  5. Add whole milk; cook, stirring, 5 to 7 minutes more until pudding is thick and creamy.
  6. Remove from heat. Add vanilla; stir and spoon into individual serving bowls.

Spanish Cheesecake

 

Ingredients

  • 1 lb cream cheese
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar, Granulated
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, Ground
  • 1 teaspoon lemon, rind of, Grated
  • 1/4 cup unbleached flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • confectioners' Sugar


Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, cream the Cheese, 1 tb of the butter and the Sugar. Do not beat. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the cinnamon, lemon rind, flour, and salt; blend well. butter the pan with the remaining 2 tb of butter, using your fingers to spread the butter completely. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 12 minutes at 400 degrees, then reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and bake for another 25 to 30 minutes. The knife should come out clean. Cool the cake to room temperature, then sprinkle with confectioners' Sugar.

Spanish people will most definitely have dessert after almost every meal, part because they have big appetite for them, and part because they know how to prepare a delicious dessert. Among the specific Spanish desserts and cakes, there is the flan, which looks almost the same as the custard, being both prepared from milk and eggs and being thickened by heat. The rice pudding, is a delicious Spanish dessert, and can be served in many variations, such as banana, honey, marmalade or fruity rice pudding. Pastry are delicious desserts in Spain, the churros being sweet such pastry-based desserts, which are served with whip cream and even ice-cream. Turron is a traditional Spanish dessert, mainly served for during Christmas time. It typically contains lots of honey, sugar and eggs, coated in crushed, toasted almonds, and the result is shaped into rectangular small tablets.