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SUGGESTION OF THE WEEK
CUSTARD DESSERT WITH MULBERRIES

Ingredients : ½ liter [17 fl oz] milk / 4 eggs + 2 egg yolks / 80 gr [3 oz] sugar /
1 vanilla bean / 4 Tbspoons mulberry syrup or liquor / fresh mulberries
and raspberries (250 gr / ½ lb or more) / a few leaves of fresh mint /
unsalted butter for tin.

- Butter a brioche tin ; preheat oven at 180°C / 350°F.

- Pour the milk in a saucepan, add 30 gr [ 1 oz] sugar and the vanilla bean cut
in 2 halves length wise ; slowly bring to the boil and leave for 5 minutes ;
take the vanilla bean out.

- Beat the eggs and egg yolks with the left sugar until it gets clearer.
Pour slowly the milk while whisking ; finally add the syrup and pour the
preparation into the tin.

- Bake in oven in a bain-marie for 50 minutes then take the tin out from the oven.
Let it cool down and then take the cream out of the tin ("renversée" means
"upside down" ! so turn it upside down on a plate…)

- Refrigerate the cream before serving and decorate it with fresh berries
and mint leaves…



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