- Dairy
Ingredients
- 250ml full cream milk
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 2 teaspoons powdered gelatine
- 250ml pure or pouring cream
- 1 1?2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Your choice of topping/flavour (see method)
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Method
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1Pour the milk and sugar into a Le Creuset milk pan, sprinkle the gelatine over the top and allow it to bloom. It will look soft and wrinkly.
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2Place the saucepan over a low heat, stirring frequently until the gelatine and sugar dissolves. This should only take a couple of minutes.
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3Don’t bring the mix to a boil or a simmer, if you see too much steam coming off the pan, remove from the heat and keep stirring.
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4Add the cream and vanilla when the pan is off the heat.
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5Pour the mixture evenly into six Le Creuset Mini Ramekins. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
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6Different Flavours and Toppings:
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7Blueberry: Add 4 tablespoons of blueberries to the milk and cream. Decorate with fresh blueberries and a dusting of icing sugar.
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8Strawberry and rose: Replace the vanilla with 1 teaspoon of rose water. Decorate with strawberries.
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9Lime and coconut: replace the cream with coconut milk and replace the vanilla with 1 teaspoon of lime/lemon zest. Decorate with coconut shavings or lime/lemon zest.
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10Chai: Add 1 tablespoon chai spice to the milk and cream before heating. Decorate with a dusting of cinnamon sugar.
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11Vanilla bean: Decorate with white chocolate shavings.