THE CINNAMON MILK-SCORCH

(Our Play on Leite Frito / Fried Milk)

THE CINNAMON MILK-SCORCH

Ingredients: 500ml Whole milk, 100g Sugar, 60g Cornflour, 1 Cinnamon stick, 1 Lemon (peel only), 1 Egg, 50g Flour, Oil for frying...

Ingredients

  • 500ml Whole milk
  • 100g Sugar
  • 60g Cornflour
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1 Lemon (peel only)
  • 1 Egg
  • 50g Flour
  • Oil for frying

Cooking Method

  1. The Swell Boil milk, sugar, flour, cinnamon stick, and lemon peel until very thick; remove stick and peel.
  2. The Chill Pour into a flat tray and refrigerate for 4 hours until rock-hard. Cut into squares.
  3. The Bloom The cinnamon perfume will have penetrated the milk-silk during the slow chill.
  4. The Coat Dredge milk squares in flour then beaten egg.
  5. The Scorch Deep fry until dark golden and charred at the edges.
  6. The Final Flourish Roll immediately in raw cinnamon sugar.

Cuisine: Portuguese

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