Brazilian Coffee Custard (crème De Café)

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 inch piece vanilla bean
• 4 whole coffee beans
• 1/2 cup very strong coffee
• 5 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 325°f.
• 2 combine the milk, vanilla bean and coffee beans in a sauce pan. bring rapidly to a boil, then remove pan from heat.
• 3 stir in the strong coffee. reserve.
• 4 in a bowl, beat the egg yolks, then gradually blend in the sugar and cornstarch. mix well.
• 5 strain the cooled milk, a little at a time, through a fine sieve lined with cheesecloth into the egg and sugar mixture.
• 6 pour the mixture into a buttered baking dish or into individual ovenproof custard cups.
• 7 cover the baking dish, set in a pan of hot and bake until a knife inserted into the center of the custard comes out clean, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• 8 cool custard to room temperature, then chill until needed. before serving, run a knife around the inside edge of the baking dish and invert custard onto a serving dish. serves 4.
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