CrèMe BrûLéEmango Bars

12 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 4 eggs + 12 egg yolks
  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod halved lengthways, seeds scraped out with the back of a knife
  • 4 1/4 cups 2% milk
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 mango ripe, peeled, pitted and diced
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a 15 x 12 inch baking pan. Beat the butter, vanilla extract and powdered sugar with the whisk of a mixer until creamy. Beat in the whole eggs one at a time. Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix. Spoon into the pan and smooth out. Bake for 10 mins.
  2. 2
    In a saucepan, bring the sugar, vanilla pod and seeds and 3 3/4 cups of the milk to a boil. In a bowl, mix the cornstarch and 1/2 cup of the milk until smooth, whisk into the hot milk mixture. Simmer for 1 min, stirring, remove from the heat and remove the vanilla pod. Beat the egg yolks with 6 tbsp of the milk mixture, stir into the remaining hot milk mixture.
  3. 3
    Remove the cake from the oven and add the diced mango. Gently spread over the milk mixture. Bake at the same temperature for 12-15 mins, until set. Remove and allow to cool.
  4. 4
    Cut into 42 strips and sprinkle with brown sugar. Heat with a cook's torch until the sugar is golden brown and caramelized.

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