Creme de Leite e Ovos

CREME DE LEITE E OVOS

Creme brulée

Creme de Leite e Ovos from Maria Celestina de Mello e Senna.     Read the original recipe | Leia a receita original

3 cups of fresh milk
1½ tbsp corn starch
4 tbsp sugar
6 egg yolks
1 tsp grated lemon peel

Mix all the ingredients well, strain and cook until thickened. When fully cold, sprinkle with sugar and burn with a hot iron*. Dust with cinnamon powder and serve.

* Or more conveniently today, with a kitchen blow torch.

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