Spanish Natillas

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Natillas is a traditional Spanish dessert and is similar to cold custard,
but creamier and with a
hint of cinammon. Most Spanish restaurants offer natillas in their list of
home-made dessert . This
is an easy recipe for Spanish natillas which just takes about 30 minutes
to do.
8 egg yolks
1 litre milk
200 gr. sugar
1 dessert spoon cornflour
1 stick of cinnamon
powdered cinnamon

Put the milk in a saucepan with the cinnamon stick and heat. Save a small
glass of cold milk. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar. Dissolve the
cornflour in the cold milk, stir well and then add to the eggs and sugar.
When the milk is starting to boil, remove the cinnamon stick and add the
mixture of flour, milk, eggs and sugar. Stir well over the heat until the
custard thickens. Don't boil. Put the natillas into individual bowls or
dessert glasses. Sprinkle with a little cinnamon powder. Many Spanish
cooks add a biscuit to the natillas mixture when they are pouring it into
the individual bowls. The biscuit sometimes rises and as the natillas
cool, becomes soft. A bit like a Spanish version of stale cake in English
trifle. If you want to do this, choose a plain biscuit (the Spanish
"Maria" biscuits are what Spanish people use).

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