Tea-Infused Crème Caramel | Milk Tea Flavored Caramel Custard | No Oven Caramel Custard
19 November
Happy Men's Day to all the wonderful men out there!
I know it is not as hyped as Women's day but nonetheless there are times when we want to cheer for all the men in our lives who have been a great source of support and love in our journey of life.
And I don't think it should just be limited to specific defined relationships we share with men but also beyond that. It maybe just a colleague who is very supportive or even a house help. It can be your male pet who is your emotional lifeline or the server at your favorite food joint, who cares for your choices and customizes the food accordingly. Thus the choices to express your gratitude are infinite, it is just a matter of perspective.
For today I would like to express my gratitude to a dear friend of mine who had always been a constant source of encouragement and support even during the darkest hours.
He is a certified chef and a successful entrepreneur and thus whenever I make any dish thinking about him it stresses me a lot because I know somewhere his chef instincts might kick in, especially if its something different I am trying my hands at and I might not be up to his expectation. But then again he has always been encouraging in everything I made so that assurance makes me become more adventurous at times.
We had a collaboration planned this week to make something special for the men in our lives to celebrate Men's day. While thinking about what to make I started to think about the dishes we had most number of times and what were the common favorites. There is this one soup - lemon coriander soup made by a restaurant on the F.C Road which would be our unanimous choice if I were to state one favorite dish. But if I went by the numbers of which dish we had most of the times in the past couple of years - it would be tea hands down!
You would say what is so great about tea, it is just an everyday beverage. But not when you are not a tea lover. Funnily both of us were not tea lovers in the beginning. But for all the adda sessions we used to have, our default location would be this newly opened tea café again in the F C road - the Wagh Bakhri tea lounge. A beautiful cozy café with the most affordable and lovely teas. Since it was a tea joint obviously we always ended up ordering teas and eventually over the time each of us had a favorite tea of our own! Thus I guess tea is one of the most elemental thing in the whole journey we had together. And it was not just us, who ever we recommended the place to fell in love with the flavorful and creamy tea they served.
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Since tea is the one thing that we possibly had a zillion times at least over these years it was only fair that I tried to create something which would celebrate its essence and the association it has with us. Thus I decided to give a twist to the conventional Crème Caramel which is commonly referred to as the Caramel Custard.
Crème Caramel is one of the oldest and classic desserts known and it continues to be on the favorite list for many people across the globe. I had it first, when I came to Pune. The toffee like flavor of the caramel had intrigued me when I bit into the soft dessert. There was nothing in there which one wouldn't love - gooey caramel, creamy custard and vanilla overtones. To give it a twist, I decided to infuse the age old recipe with milk tea and cinnamon. Cinnamon was mostly to give it a nice wintery vibe because why not!
I hope all of you enjoy this simple recipe. And once again a very happy Men's day to all of you.
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- Full fat Milk - 500 ml
- Large eggs - 3
- Egg yolks - 2
- Castor Sugar - 100 gm
- CTC Tea leaves - 3 tsp
- Cinnamon powder (optional) - 1 pinch
- Vanilla extract - a few drops
- Non Stick Skillet
- Pan to make tea
- Pan to make custard
- Custard molds
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