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Lime crémeux

Name: Lime crémeux
Prep time: 39 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 46 min
Yield: 500 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 g gelatin; 150 g milk; 1 lime; 2 eggs; 50 g caster sugar; 70 g butter; 3 drops food colouring

This "crémeux" is a creamy mixture ideal for filling tarts, either on its own or as a bottom layer topped with fruit, for example.

88 K 3.8/5 (17 reviews)571587

Duration

50 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: April 14^th 2021

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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: 485 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

35 min.

Resting

5 min.

Cooking

7 min.

All in all

50 min.

Preparation 35 min.

Resting 5 min.

Cooking 7 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 1 min.

Put 4 g gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes to soften it.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 20 min.

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.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Put 2 eggs and 50 g caster sugar into a bowl and mix well.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

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.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add the lime juice and mix well.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour this mixture back into the same pan (after cleaning) and put back on medium heat.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 7 min.

Bring to the boil, whisking gently and constantly as it thickens.

Drain the gelatin and mix in.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Stop the cooking by standing the pan in cold water. Cover and leave for about 5 minutes.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Transfer the mixture to a high-sided container (or blender goblet). Add 70 g butter really cold and cut into small pieces.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.

Blend until smooth and evenly mixed.

Stage 11

Your lime crémeux is ready.

Remarks

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

Keeping: Should be poured into a tart case immediately.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=7 %	13 g RDI=5 %	15 g RDI=22 %	216 kcal RDI=11 %	906 kJ RDI=11 %
Whole recipe	23 g RDI=36 %	65 g RDI=25 %	76 g RDI=105 %	1,047 kcal RDI=52 %	4,384 kJ RDI=52 %

Whole recipe

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg

How much will it cost?

For 500 g

1.60 €

Per Lime crémeux

0.05 €

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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