Bordeaux Caneles

Making homemade caneles, individual custard-like pastries from Bordeaux, France, is an ambitious 2-day project with a delicious pay-off.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 179 Calories

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons dark rum
• 4 ¼ cups whole milk
• 3 vanilla bean pods, split lengthwise
• 7 ounces all-purpose flour
• 3 ½ ounces butter, softened

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Combine milk and vanilla beans in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm, about 10 minutes.

Step 3

Beat eggs and egg yolks together in a large bowl. Gently stir in confectioners' sugar, flour, and rum. Pour in warm milk mixture, discarding vanilla beans; gently stir until smooth. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let batter rest in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

Step 4

Coat fluted molds with butter and freeze until coating is set, about 10 minutes.

Step 5

Remove batter from the refrigerator, uncover, and pour into molds, filling each about 3/4 full.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until deep brown in color, about 50 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately invert each canele on a wire rack to cool, 30 minutes to 1 hour.