SHF #16: The Sugar Quest
This month's Sugar High Friday is all about romance. My offering are these sweet and luscious Butterscotch Pots de Creme.
One of my friends recommended the recipe. I have trusted her guidance in all things culinary ever since she made chocolate eclairs for a class project in middle school!
These pots de creme are as amazing as she promised. They include dark muscovado sugar and Demerara sugar. These sugars lift this dessert above the ordinary. You cannot imagine until you take a bite just how pleasing butterscotch custard can be.
This was my first experience making pots de creme. It wasn't difficult once I completed a quest for the hard-to-find-but-worth-it sugars, learned how to prepare a water bath, and set aside the time for making, cooling, and indulging in this heavenly dessert.
The recipe for these Butterscotch Pots de Creme is orignally from Gourmet. It can be found here on the Epicurious website.
I made a half recipe for my first attempt. Otherwise I followed the recipe as written, without any of the optional embellishments such as whipped cream, chocolate shavings or fresh berries. Those would be delicious, I'm sure, but they are not necessary. These custards are deep and rich on their own.
This month's Sugar High Friday recipies are supposed to come with a love story for Valentine's Day. Mine is short and sweet. On a quiet evening, I got to sit down at the kitchen table across from my beloved husband and share this delicious new dessert with him. Hard-to-find-but-worth-it: that is love.
How sweet. It made me smile to hear this Sugar High Friday gave you and your husband a wonderfully simple evening at home.
Love is great. Isn't it?
Posted by: Jennifer | February 10, 2006 at 10:37 PM
Yum...I love butterscotch. Chocolate Pots de Creme always seemed so decadent but these take the cake! I'll definitely try these out. Thanks for posting a great recipe.
Posted by: Canadian Baker | February 12, 2006 at 12:18 PM
I'm not familiar at all with making butterscotch, but just imagining it in a custard sounds heavenly. Great to hear of your pleasant evening.
Posted by: Hanna | February 12, 2006 at 07:37 PM
Hi Paige, I know I'm going to love this, it looks delicious and smooth! Thanks for sharing the lovely post.
Posted by: keiko | February 13, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Hi Jennifer, thanks for hosting this SHF!
Hi Canadian Baker, I hope you have a chance to try these.
Hi Hanna, thanks for stopping by!
Hi Keiko, I'm a big fan of your blog. I'm glad you visited mine!
Posted by: Paige | February 13, 2006 at 08:09 PM