Banana and burnt butter puddings
Don't be put off by the thought of burnt butter - it just means cooking it to a nutty rich brown colour. It gives extra richness to these banana and syrup sponge puddings
Baked egg custard
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + chilling
- Easy
- Serves 4 - 6
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- 450ml double cream
- 5 egg yolks(freeze the whites for use in another recipe)
- 75g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- generous grating of nutmeg
Nutrition: Per serving (6)
- kcal477
- fat45g
- saturates26.4g
- carbs14.2g
- sugars14.2g
- fibre0g
- protein3.6g
- salt0.1g
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2 and put four large or six small ramekins in a deep baking tray. Boil the kettle.
step 2
Pour the double cream into a small pan and heat until steaming. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Meanwhile, tip the egg yolks, caster sugar, vanilla bean paste and a pinch of fine sea salt into a bowl, and whisk together briefly. Pour a little of the hot cream into the egg yolk mixture and whisk really well, then pour in the remaining cream in a very slow, steady stream, whisking all the time.
step 3
Pour the mixture through a fine sieve into a large jug. Divide evenly between the ramekins, then grate over the nutmeg. Pour in enough just-boiled water from the kettle into the tray to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins, cover loosely with foil and bake for 30-35 minutes, depending on the size of the ramekins, until just set with a slight wobble in the centre. Remove from the water and cool.
