We Visited Inka Fé – Restaurant Review
This post is a sum up of our visit to Inka Fé, a Peruvian bakery in Great Neck, Long Island
“Caigua Rellena”
Caigua, stuffed with beef, and veggies, served over rice.
“Anticuchos”
Beef heart skewers, marinated in spices and in a Peruvian pepper paste, served with potatoes/corn with a spicy sauce.
“Seco de Mariscos”
“Seco de Mariscos”, is a creamy stew with some seafood, great aroma, and texture in one quick dish.
“Lasagna de Ají de Gallina”
Ají de Gallina (Creamy spicy hen stew) turned into a Lasagna
“Pollo a la Brasa”
Peruvian blackened chicken, rotisserie chicken, one of the most iconic Peruvian dishes.
“Causa Escabechada”
Causa Escabechada, Spicy Sour Potato dough, served with Fish Escabeche on top
“Chupe de Camarones”
Chupe de Camarones, Peruvian style shrimp soup, has a thick texture, has some sweet, spicy, flavors.
“Kam Lu Wantan”
Chifa dish, saute meats and veggies served with a sweet-sour tamarind sauce and wontons.
“Pan con Chicharron”
Pan con chicharron is a pork belly sandwich, full of textures and flavors!
Crema Volteada
Before I got into cooking, my favorite dessert was Crema Volteada, I prepare it every time I could, with time I got into cooking, I started working on different kitchens and tried a wide variety of desserts, funny thing is that although there are a wide variety of desserts out there, there are some that are special, and Crema Volteada is one of them.
For me, this dessert is the perfect dessert if you have few ingredients on hand but still want to eat something tasty.
Crema Volteada is a type of custard that we prepare on Peru, This egg flan is easy to prepare. It requires little ingredients and it is super delicious, In Peru, it is sold in every bakery, even street vendors offer it, cool thing is that every store have their own version of Crema Volteada.
At home everyone loved Crema volteada, I used to prepare it for my father or brother birthday, they loved it. Anyways this egg flan recipe requires few ingredients and it is so versatile, you can add any flavor you want and end up with something completely different!
What is Crema Volteada?
Crema voltead is an egg flan, sometimes compared to “Leche Asada” wich is a different dessert.
Can it be Vegan?
Yes, you can use any kind of “Milk” you desire, use agar instead of eggs, plus a flavor and a sweetener and voila! there you go a vegan flan.
"Crema Volteada"
Ingredients
- 400 ml of Evaporated Milk
- 400 gr of Condensed milk sweetened if possible
- 6 eggs at room temperature 3 whole and 3 yolks
- A pinch of salt about 1/3 teaspoon
- 1 Tablespoon of Vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup of whitee sugar To prepare the caramel
Instructions
- In a pan add 3 tablespoons of water and your sugar, let the sugar turn into caramel(do not stir while making the caramel otherwise it will crystalize) , once you get your caramel, pour the caramel into a mold and let it cool.
- In a big bowl add the liquid ingredients, salt and vanilla stir with a hand whisk and combine, do not over beat you don not want to create foam or bubbles.
- Crack your eggs and add them once at the time but stir between egg and egg , in that way they can integrate into the mixture , (What I did is to crack them in a different bowl and break the yolks and them add them little by little)
- Trick is to not over beat the mix, Once you have everything ready. pass your ingredients through a strainer ( I did the process 5 times ) then pour the mix into your caramelized mold, this dessert has to be cooked in a water bath
- Set your oven at 325 F or 160 Cand bake your Crema Volteada for 40 min with a tray filled with water. we want the mix be cook in a water bath , after 40 min check if the center of the dessert is cooked otherwise let it cook for a little more time.
- Once its done let it get into room temperature and then put into your fridge for at least 8 hours.
Notes
Caramel is the first thing you should do since it takes some time to cool.
integrating the ingredients is the most important part, just be sure to not over beat the batter.
straining your batter, will garantee that your flan ends with a nice texture, no bubbles.
This recipe is something that you will enjoy, simple to prepare and delicious. give it a try, you won’t regret it.
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