Natilla - Cuban Custard

"Another of my grandmother's recipes. We would eat this plain, as creme brulée, with fresh fruit, or used it as a filler for cake. I have translated this from a Spanish recipe, so bear with me if the wording is strange. I am guesstimating on the time as I have not made this myself in 10 years--my grandma always made it for me!"
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Bring milk, cinnamon, zest & salt to a boil.
  • Set aside to cool.
  • Dissolve cornstarch in the water.
  • Beat together diluted cornstarch, yolks & sugar.
  • Add in the milk mixture.
  • Strain.
  • Cook in double boiler (preferred) or over medium flame stirring constantly until it thickens.
  • Stir in vanilla & transfer to serving dish.
  • Powder with cinnamon.

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Reviews

  1. This didn't last long!! It didn't thicken while in the double boiler so I cooked it over direct heat for a bit. It thickened further when chilled. A very happy family! I chose this recipe because I had egg yolks to use, lol. Thank you!
     
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My favorite cookbook is the one from the 1940's that belonged to my Cuban great-aunt. The best recepies are the ones she had written in the margins & on the covers. My favorite childhood memory is sucking on a cinnamon stick I pulled out of hot rice pudding on a rain afternoon.
 
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