Dessert Recipes
Grand Marnier Pots de Crème
Ingredients
- 9 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons Grand Marnier
- 4 tablespoons freshly-grated orange rind
- 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Place in the oven a baking pan with 1 inch of water in it to heat.
- In a separate bowl. Beat egg yolks with sugar until thick and creamy. Add very gradually to the cream, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon.
- Add vanilla extract and the 6 tablespoons Grand Marnier; mix well.
- Pour mixture into pot de creme cups and place in the baking pan of water in the oven.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the custard comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and pan of water and cool completely.
- Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- At serving time, blend grated orange rind with the 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier and "ice" the tops of the custards with the mixture.