Lime crémeux

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 500 g, you will need:

• 1 4 g gelatin
• 2 150 g milk
• 3 1 lime
• 4 2 eggs
• 5 50 g caster sugar
• 6 70 g butter
• 7 3 drops food colouring (optional)
• Total weight: 484 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
34 min.	5 min.	7 min.	46 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Put 4 g gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes to soften it.
2	Pour 150 g milk into a saucepan and grate the zest of 1 lime into it. Put on medium heat and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and leave to infuse for 15 minutes. Put 50 g caster sugar to soak in a dish of cold water.
3	Put 2 eggs and 50 g caster sugar into a bowl and mix well.
4	Pour the lime-infused milk onto this mixture through a fine strainer. Press down on the zest with a spatula or spoon to squeeze out all the milk.
5	Add the lime juice and mix well.
6	Pour this mixture back into the same pan (after cleaning) and put back on medium heat.
7	Bring to the boil, whisking gently and constantly as it thickens. Drain the gelatin and mix in.
8	Stop the cooking by standing the pan in cold water. Cover and leave for about 5 minutes.
9	Transfer the mixture to a high-sided container (or blender goblet). Add 70 g butter really cold and cut into small pieces.
10	Blend until smooth and evenly mixed.
11	Your lime crémeux is ready.

Remarks

For a more distinct lime flavour, double the quantity of juice and zest in stage 4.

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