Anybody said crème caramel?
Join Carla, food director at Bon Appètit as she makes coffee crème caramel. Yes, it’s crème caramel, but coffee flavored. Flan. Cooked custard. Coffee. And yes. Again.
Her inspiration for this delicious dessert is Häagen-Dazs coffee ice cream mixed with burned caramel. Yumm.
Ingredients
2 + 1/2 cups whole milk
1/4 cup coffee beans, coarsely chopped
1 wide strip of lemon zest
1/2 cup plus 2/3 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
6 large eggs
For more instructions visit Coffee Crème Caramel (on Bon Appètit).
A quick tip. In order to get that rich, creamy, barely set consistency, baking the crème caramel in a water bath is essential. Furthermore, lemon juice can help keep your caramel from crystallizing.