Custard is a harsh mistress

[Guest]

Geeze, Fool, please don't go mad on my account. No need to duck. Thanks, P.

 

[CharleyH]

Recipe whores! GRRR, I have recipes.

I AM TELLING YOU!

 

[The_Fool]

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Tell me!!!

 

[BlackShanglan]

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Tell me, damnit. I am dying to know how to make a good creme brulee. I adore the stuff.

Besides, I hear that the service at your restaraunt is decidedly unusual In the best sense of the word. My advice to the uninitiated is: order seafood.

Shanglan

 

[purple_angel]

Tell me, damnit. I am dying to know how to make a good creme brulee. I adore the stuff.

Besides, I hear that the service at your restaraunt is decidedly unusual In the best sense of the word. My advice to the uninitiated is: order seafood.

Shanglan

Creme Brulee is burnt custard - doesn't quite have the same je n'ai sais quoi about it does it!

 

[SlickTony]

I'm going from an Isabella Beeton revision that has two whole eggs and two yolks plus two tablespoons sugar and 2 tsp. cornstarch to 1 3/4 cups milk. It all sounds right, but it played the tricky bitch in the heating process. I gave in at pouring consistancy - it was starting to get some tiny flakes, and I knew it was about to scramble on me.

Faithless wench.

I do quite like baked custard, but I was looking for a creamier consistancy here - it's a saffron custard going with sliced mango.

Shanglan

Saffron with sliced mango! Sounds yummy. Ya know what, we should have a recipe thread. Are you using fresh mango or frozen or canned? Reason I asked, they're flat out of season here; I like to buy dried ones, which are good for snack, but I never buy the fresh ones except in the summer. You can get them year around, but at this time of year they tend to be stringy and have that footy taste that I don't like.

 

[BlackShanglan]

I was stunned to find a ripe one in the market, and it wasn't stringy - but a little overripe, so I had to sacrifice some of it. There wasn't much, in the end, but what there was, was lovely.

The custard was a total loss, but the saffron/honey/cardamom yogurt came out quite nice and was a good match to the mango.

And I just want to say - we got four pages out of custard

 

[TheEarl]

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Tell me! Sexual favours in return for good savoury recipes. I always love to cook something new.

The Earl

 

[neonlyte]

Creme Brulee is burnt custard - doesn't quite have the same je n'ai sais quoi about it does it!

But it depends how you burn it. Burn it from the bottom and you've a stinking mess with no hope of survival.

Burn it from the top, under a grill, with a blow torch or iron and you have sheer delight, even changing the sugar topping gives a entirely different experience.