Camden New Journal - Reciepe for Fried Puffs with Catalan Cream By Clare Latimer

Publications by New Journal Enterprises

Home

Archive

Competition

The Review - FOOD AND DRINK - Cooking with CLARE
Published: 1st August 2008

Clare Latimer's recipe for
Fried Puffs with Catalan Cream

Fried Puffs with Catalan Cream
The Spanish version to doughnuts, puffed in hot oil.
Not so healthy as the previous recipe but even more excuse to have a go as you have to indulge somewhere along the line
Buy the puff pastry because life is too short to start rolling and chilling three times over! Also be very careful when using hot oil.

Ingredients
Serves 4
For the cream.
13 fl oz milk;
Half cinnamon stick;
Half vanilla pod;
Strip lemon zest;
30g cornflour;
Five egg yolks;
120g sugar.
For the pastry puffs.
250g bought puff pastry;
Half litre olive oil;
Garnish.
250g milk chocolate, melted;
Optional: 100g icing sugar.

Method
Reserve one-third of the milk (approx) and bring the rest to the boil with the cinnamon stick, vanilla pod and lemon zest.
Meanwhile make a paste with the reserved milk and the cornflour and then beat in the yolks and sugar.
Pour the hot milk over the yolk mixture and return to the saucepan. Stir continuously over a low heat with a wooden spoon until it returns to the boil.
Remove from the heat, strain if you wish, and then leave to cool.
To make the puffs, roll out the pastry to a thickness of about four millimetres and use a pastry cutter to cut circles about four centimetres across. Heat the oil until very hot and fry the pastries, a few at a time, turning then gently until golden brown and really puffed up.
Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
To serve, put the cream into a piping bag and fill each puff.
Cover the centres of four plates with the remaining custard and then if using the melted chocolate dribble a pattern on the plates.
Then place the puffs – about four each – in the middle of each plate and then sift icing sugar over the top and serve.

» Recipes A - Z
» Online Shopping
» The Wine Press
» Buy wines
» Book restaurants
» Eating Out