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Gastronomy

The Catalan cream, a sweet tradition

Written by Adriana

This typical Catalan dessert is a cream made with an egg yolk base covered with a thin layer of caramelized sugar on top, which gives the perfect touch to the contrast between the texture of the cream and the hard candy surface above. In an article in this blog we already taught you how to prepare a delicious “Catalan cream” at home with which to surprise your friends or family, and today we want to talk about this traditional dessert that you will see in all restaurant menus at Catalonia. All ShBarcelona employees, both local and foreign, love this Catalan “crème brulée” and we recommend you do not leave Barcelona without trying it.

A little bit of history

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The recipe

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This dessert can be served as ice cream, even as nougat at Christmas, also people have it as a liquor. If you go to any bar or traditional restaurant in one of the neighborhoods of Barcelona you can taste the Catalan cream in some of its forms, but we recommend that go eat it at Granja Viader (4-6 Xuclà Street). In this same place the Catalan chocolate drink called Cacaolat was invented. Highly recommended!

Related article: Traditional Catalan recipe: Mel i mató

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Adriana

Adriana is a writer, content & community manager, web designer, media analyst and tireless traveler.

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