Vanilla Pot de Creme Recipe
Pot de Creme? this is the lowly custard's, uptown cousin. A melt in your mouth, flavour and texture winner. We avoid the problems that crop up when cooking these in the traditional manner - which is over cooking. Over cooked pot de creme will have a grainy texture, that completely ruins the desert? but using a sous vide water oven prevents this common mistake. The second thing to watch out for are air bubbles. You need to whisk, but don't be overly vigorous and make sure that you allow for the resting time to dissipate any trapped air.
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Ingredients
| Vanilla bean | 1/2 | |
| Whipping cream | 600 Milliliter | |
| Egg yolk | 16 | |
| Granulated sugar | 135 Milliliter | |
| Maple syrup | 1 Tablespoon (for drizzle) |
Directions
Making
Split vanilla pod and scrape out seeds. Heat cream, vanilla seeds and pod over medium heat to 158 ºF / 70 ºC.
Whisk yolks, and sugar until smooth.
Slowly pour cream into the egg mixture 'tempering' the eggs.
Strain the mixture to remove any 'cooked' egg, and vanilla pod.
Allow to rest at room temp 20 minutes, so that any bubbles in the mixture can rise to the top.
Heat sous vide water bath to 175 degree F/ 80 degree C.
Skim away any remaining bubbles.
Divide the mixture between 6 sealable (Mason) jars.
Place jars into the sous vide bath and cook for one hour.?Remove the jars and place in an ice bath to chill.
Serving
Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup at the table.
Recipe Summary
