• The orange flavour keeps this dessert refreshing and light.

    Cook’s tip:  To make stock syrup, boil together 50ml of sugar and 50ml of water for 5 minutes, then cool overnight.

    La crema cotta

    Serves: 6
    Cooking Time: 1 hr

    Ingredients

    • Orange syrup

    • 100ml stock syrup (See Cook’s Tip below)
    • juice and zest of 1 orange
    • 300ml milk
    • 200ml fresh cream
    • 10 coffee beans
    • 6 large egg yolks
    • 100g castor sugar

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 160°C.

    2

    To make the orange syrup, heat the stock syrup with the juice and zest ofthe orange. Boil for 5 minutes and leave to cool.

    3

    Heat the milk and cream with the coffee beans in a saucepan to just boiling. Remove from the heat immediately and set aside for the beans to infuse.

    4

    Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until light and pale. Slowly strain the milk mixture into the egg mixture while whisking. Discard the beans.

    5

    Pour the mixture into 6 ramekins. Bake in a bain-marie until set, about 30 minutes. Remove the ramekins and cool to room temperature. Drizzle with the orange syrup and serve.

    Notes

    To drink: Ken Forrester “T” is a lovely natural sweet wine with refreshing acidity, which can handle most non-chocolate desserts.