Crème Villageoise (Village-Style Baked Cream)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 150 grammes dry biscuits
- Kirsch and anisette (for soaking)
- Marmalade of fruits of the season
- 200 grammes caster sugar
- 8 eggs
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 litre milk
Instructions
- Soak 150 grammes of dry biscuits with kirsch and anisette.
- Arrange them in a deep dish in layers alternating with marmalade of seasonal fruit, such as pears or apples.
- Work 200 grammes of caster sugar with 8 eggs and 4 yolks, then thin the mixture with a litre of milk.
- Cover the whole with this composition.
- Poach in a bain-marie in the oven.