Fried Cream Or Crème Frite

Cooking Instructions

Please read about cornstarch, page 548 [see below]. Place in the top of a double boiler: A 2-inch piece of vanilla bean

1 cinnamon stick

1-1/2 cups milk

Bring to a boil over direct heat and then cool slightly. Mix in a bowl until smooth: 1/4 cup sugar

1 tbsp all-purpose flour

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 cup milk

Remove vanilla bean and cinnamon stick from the slightly cooled milk and stir the smooth cornstarch mixture into the milk. Cook over--not in--boiling water until it begins to thicken-about 10 minutes. Pour some of this mixture over: 3 beaten egg yolks

Return the egg mixture to the pan and cook, stirring gently, about 3 minutes. Beat in: 1 tbsp butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

Pour the thickened cream into a 9 x 9- inch buttered pan. Cool. Cut into diamonds or squares about 1-1/2 inches long. Beat: 1 egg

Dust cream with: Finely crushed bread or cake crumbs

Dip the pieces of cream in the egg, then again in the crumbs. Fry in deep fat heated to 370. Drain and roll in: Powdered Vanilla Sugar7

Serve at once sprinkled with: Rum

or with: A fruit sauce9