The Sunday Pâtisserie: Crème renversée

A very simple dessert...

Crème Renversée

Even when you love cooking, you may not have the time to make something too difficult. Crème renversée is one of the easiest desserts (and cheapest too) you can prepare.

It's made simply of two main components:

• A flan cream (eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla), which is then poured in little glasses or pots.

• A caramel (sugar and water). I made my caramel extra special by adding salted butter once it had colored, in order to obtain more of a tasty contrast with the sweet cream.

Once you've made the caramel, you just need to brush some on the inside of the pots, pour the cream, and cook it in the oven in a bain-marie, that is to say in a recipient of water (that way, the cream won't burn, yet will still cook). Just let it cool a bit and it's ready to be eaten. The cream is soft and yummy and the caramel adds strength to the dessert.

I really recommend this one for a casual dessert!