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Rožata
Rožata, rozata, rožada or rozada is a Croatian creamy pudding from the Dubrovnik region that looks like custard and crème brûlée.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 12 people
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Croatian
Ingredients
- 4 cups whole milk
- 1½ cup caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons vanilla sugar
- zest of one lemon
- 7 whole eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- butter (for the ramekins)
For the caramel
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
For the caramel sauce
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- ½ cup water
Instructions
Custard
- Heat milk, sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon zest. Let cool.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs and egg yolks and mix with the milk.
- Heat the oven to 350 F (180 C).
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Caramel
- In a saucepan, add the sugar and water and cook on low to medium heat until the caramel turns amber.
- Grease ramekins or a large baking dish with butter.
- Pour 1 teaspoon of caramel in the bottom of each ramekin or 4 tablespoons in the bottom of a large pan and pour over the preparation.
- Place the ramekins or the mold in a bain-marie (water bath), and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes if they are individual ramekins or 40 minutes if it is a single large mold.
- Cool the cream in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
Caramel sauce
- Shortly before serving, make the caramel sauce. In a saucepan, add ½ cup of sugar and 2 tablespoons of water and cook on low to medium heat until the caramel becomes amber.
- Add the ½ cup (100 ml) of water over the caramel. Cook on low to medium heat for 10 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Unmold the creams on a plate and serve with whipped cream and caramel sauce.