- To prepare caramel take granulated sugar in a saucepan and melt it on low heat on a cooktop. Once sugar starts melting stir lightly. You will see that the colour will start to change after some time. Wait for it to turn darker but do not let it burn.
- When caramel is ready, pour it in ramekins or any bowl in which you want to make the creme caramel. (You can use steel bowl as well because we are going to steam it). Let it cool for few minutes until you make the custard.
- To make custard, in a saucepan take cornflour, full-fat milk. Stir it well and let the cornflour dissolve.
- Turn on the cooktop and put it on low/medium heat. Then start to stir the mixture, after some time add granulated sugar and vanilla essence. Keep on stirring the mixture on low/medium heat. You can see that the mixture starts thickening. Once mixture looks
- While the custard is still hot pour it in the prepared ramekins.
- Meanwhile, prepare the steamer to steam the custard. In a saucepan, pour water, place a stand and cover it with a lid and heat until water comes to boil.
- Cover the ramekins with aluminum foil. Place both the ramekins in the prepared steamer.
- Cover and steam for 20 minutes. Keep checking on the water, it evaporates, so keep adding water.
- After 20 minutes switch off the cooktop but let it sit for another 20 minutes. Cool it down completely and them refrigerate for 2 to 3 hrs.
- Once creme caramel is set completely , take them out from refrigerator then use a knife to loosen the custard a bit from the sides then place it on a plate and demould them.
Caramel pudding
By Reshmi Banerjee
Mar, 30th
622
Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
25 minutes
Ingredients
3
- 5
Ingredients
- For caramel: Granulated sugar ½ cup
- For custard: Cornflour – 2 ½ Tbsp
- Full fat milk – 1 cup (250 ml)
- Granulated sugar ¼ cup
- Vanilla essence 1 Tsp
Instructions
Notes/Tips
1. 1 cup = 250 ml 2. While steaming, please keep a check on water level. The water does should not touch the bowls and that is why I add less water. The water level may reduce as it evaporates, if it does, please add more water.
