Basque Cream (Natillas) Dessert Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
1 quart
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 1 quart heavy cream
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 6 large eggs
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ground cinnamon
directions
- In a saucepan, combine the cream and cinnnamon sticks, and bring them to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce the heat to low, and cook gently for about 10 minutes, until the cream is well infused with the cinnamon.
- Set the pan aside so the cream can cool.
- In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, and vanilla until they are well mixed. Add the cream and cinnamon sticks, and whisk well.
- Heat 1 to 2 inches of water in the bottom pan of a double boiler, and transfer custard mixture to the top pan, or set the bowl over a saucepan containing 1 to 2 inches of hot water.
- Bring the water to a boil, and cook the sauce, stirring constantly, for about 30 minutes or until it thickens, adding more hot water to the bottom pan if necessary.
- Remove the top pan or the bowl from over the hot water, and let the custard cool.
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I live in San Diego and travel frequently to China as a tour leader and travel consultant. Although I have been known to chow down on coconut grubs and ant eggs on my trips to China, when I'm cooking at home, my tastes run to European: Mediterranean, Provencal, Tuscan. I also like just about anything that Bobby Flay cooks up, and I love how he puts together a plate with American regional cuisines.
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