Cooking with Paula McIntyre - Crème Caramel with Orange, Date and Sherry

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Crème Caramel with orange, date and sherry

Crème Caramel

500ml whole milk
225g castor sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla paste
4 eggs + 1 yolk

Take 4 x approximately 200ml ramekins or 4 metal pudding bowls and place on a folded towel or blue cloth in a roasting tin. Set the oven to 130oc.
Heat 100g of the sugar in a pan and cook until a golden amber colour. Divide among the bottom of the ramekins and allow to set.
Place the milk and vanilla in a pan and bring to a simmer. Whisk the eggs and yolk with remaining sugar and pour over the hot milk. Whisk then pass through a sieve into a jug. Pour into the ramekins. Pour boiling water half way up the outside of the ramekins in the pan and cook for about 45 minutes or until wobbly but set. Cool in the tray and then chill in the fridge.

Orange,date and sherry salad
2 large oranges
75g chopped dates
50g dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla paste
50ml Pedro Ximenez sherry

Peel the oranges with a serrated knife, including the pith. Segment the oranges by going in between the membranes and removing the segments. Squeeze the remaining juice into a pan and add the dates, vanilla, sugar and sherry. Bring to a simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Cool and mix in the orange segments.
Place the bottom of each ramekin into a pan of boiling water, run a sharp knife around the edges and turn the pudding, sugar side up onto plates. Arrange the orange salad around the plate and serve.

Published on Saturday, 10th May 2025.

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