AuthorMaggie BurjelLearn our Leite Creme Recipe from our Portugal Cooking Vacation - irresistible!
Why not trying making your own Portuguese Leite Creme at home? Follow these instructions and share with us your results @travelcdv
Check out our Portugal – Family, Culture, Wine & Cooking and come to Portugal to make these with us!
Yields8 Servings
Ingredients
1 qt Milk
7 oz Sugar
1 Cinnamon Stick
Lemon Peel
6 Egg Yolks
4 tbsp Cornstarch
Directions
1In a pot, add the milk with the sugar, the cinnamon stick and the lemon peel. Bring to a boil.
2Meanwhile, add the egg yolks to a bowl and mix them with a little bit of cold milk and the cornstarch until smooth.
3When the milk is boiling, remove from heat and remove the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick.
4Add the mixture of the yolks and cornstarch that you just made.
5Mix vigorously with a wire rod and put the pot again in the heat until the mixture thickens.
6Once it thickens, remove it from the heat and pour it onto a serving plate.
7Pour some sugar on top and burn the sugar with a specific iron tool (optional). It is ready to eat!
Ingredients
Ingredients
1 qt Milk
7 oz Sugar
1 Cinnamon Stick
Lemon Peel
6 Egg Yolks
4 tbsp Cornstarch
Directions
Directions
1In a pot, add the milk with the sugar, the cinnamon stick and the lemon peel. Bring to a boil.
2Meanwhile, add the egg yolks to a bowl and mix them with a little bit of cold milk and the cornstarch until smooth.
3When the milk is boiling, remove from heat and remove the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick.
4Add the mixture of the yolks and cornstarch that you just made.
5Mix vigorously with a wire rod and put the pot again in the heat until the mixture thickens.
6Once it thickens, remove it from the heat and pour it onto a serving plate.
7Pour some sugar on top and burn the sugar with a specific iron tool (optional). It is ready to eat!
