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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Opt for homemade dessert this Valentine’s Day
Dessert might not be a nightly staple for many
couples, but it is an indulgence couples allow themselves
on special occasions, including Valentine’s Day. While
nice restaurants ot en boast impressive dessert menus,
men and women who want to go the extra mile for their
signii cant others this Valentine’s Day may want to make
a homemade dessert to enjoy at er dinner. If expanding
your dessert horizons is on your to-do list, then
consider combining blueberries and corn in this unique
yet delicious recipe for “Sweet Corn Créme Brûlée
With Blueberries” courtesy of Marguerite Marceau
Henderson’s “Small Sweet Treats” (Gibbs Smith).
Sweet Corn Créme Brûlée With Blueberries
Makes 8 servings
Custard
2 cups fresh corn kernels,
scraped from 2 ears of corn
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
31⁄2
cups half-and-half
1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 large egg yolks
3⁄4 cup sugar
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1 cup fresh blueberries
1⁄4 cup sugar
sugar. Heat a broiler and brown the tops of the custard
for 3 to 4 minutes, just until the sugar melts and is
golden. Top each with 2 tablespoons of blueberries while
Place the corn in a saucepan with the butter; cook the sugar is still warm. Chill again for a few hours, until
for 3 to 5 minutes until corn is sot ened and fragrant; the sugar hardens.
set aside. Heat the half-and-half, nutmeg and vanilla
in a saucepan until cream is bubbling slightly. Add the
cooked corn to the half-and-half mixture and let steep
for 15 to 20 minutes. Place the mixture in a blender or
food processor and blend until the corn is slightly pureed
but not completely
liquii ed.
Beat the egg yolks
and 3⁄4 cup sugar in
a mixer until light
yellow and thickened.
Slowly add the corn
mixture to the egg
yolks, beating until
completely
mixed.
Pour into eight 1-cup
ramekins, i lling each
almost full. Place the
ramekins in a baking
pan. Pour hot water
into the baking pan
until it is halfway
up the sides of the
ramekins. Bake on
the middle rack of the
oven at 300 F for 35 to
40 minutes, until set.
Cool in refrigerator
for 2 to 24 hours,
covered lightly with
plastic wrap.
When ready to
serve, lightly sprinkle
the tops of the custard
with the remaining
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month
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