Dessert

Crème caramel

Baked custard with a caramel top. Marsala and lemon zest in the custard.
PrepPr25 minCookCk40 minTotalTot1 h 5 minServesSrv6Ca:PCa:P1:1.1
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 capful vanilla extract
  • Zest of 3/4 lemon
  • 2 tbsp Marsala wine

Directions

  1. Caramelize 1 cup sugar with 1 1/2 cups water until deep amber. Pour into ramekins and let set.
  2. Warm milk, cream, 1 cup sugar, vanilla, lemon zest, and Marsala until steaming.
  3. Temper eggs with a little of the warm milk mixture, then whisk eggs into the pot off the heat.
  4. Pour custard over the set caramel in each ramekin.
  5. Bake in a water bath at 350°F about 35 to 40 minutes, until just set with a slight jiggle in the center.
  6. Chill completely. Run a knife around the edge and invert onto plates to serve.

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Nutrition Facts

Per serving (1 of 6). Does not change when you scale ingredients.

  • Calories 636.3166666666666
  • Total Fat 78.8g
  • Saturated Fat 42.5g
  • Trans Fat 0.5g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 4.2g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 10.6g
  • Cholesterol 1044.2 mg
  • Sodium 507.7 mg
  • Carbohydrate 750.1g
  • Fiber 0.5g
  • Sugar 749g
  • Protein 43.4g
  • Calcium 798.5 mg
  • Phosphorus 860.3 mg
  • Ca:P ratio 1:1.1
  • Vitamin A 516 mcg
  • Vitamin C 6.1 mg
  • B1 (Thiamin) 0.4 mg
  • B2 (Riboflavin) 1.5 mg
  • B3 (Niacin) 0.5 mg
  • B5 (Pantothenic) 1.8 mg
  • B6 0.4 mg
  • Folate 142 mcg
  • B12 4.7 mcg
  • Zinc 4.5 mg
  • Selenium 71.5 mcg

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