Pumpkin Creme Caramel Food

PUMPKIN CREME CARAMEL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sprinkle hazelnuts in bottoms of eight 6-oz. custard cups.
• Heat granulated sugar and the water in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat to boiling. (You may need to brush the side of the pan with cold water to keep the sugar from crystallizing.) Boil, without stirring but watching carefully, until amber in color. Immediately pour over the hazelnuts.
• Heat the milk in a small saucepan until scalded. Whisk remaining ingredients in mixing bowl until completely blended. Gradually whisk in milk and pour over caramel in cups. Place custard cups in a large baking pan and pour hot water into the pan until it comes halfway up the sides of the cups.
• Bake until the custards are set but centers are still slightly wobbly, about 35-40 minutes. Remove cups from water bath and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate at least 6 hours overnight.
• To serve, invert each cup onto a dessert plate, then seve at once.

PUMPKIN CREME CARAMEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spread coconut on baking sheet. Sprinkle brown sugar over coconut and gently mix together. Bake until golden, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool leaving oven on.
• In a 1-quart saucepan, heat water and 3/4 cup sugar to boiling on medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Continue to cook, without stirring, 5-10 minutes or until caramel is amber in color (this may take a little longer than 10 minutes). Pour hot caramel into a 9-in.-round, 2-in.-deep ceramic or metal pan, swirling to evenly coat bottom of pan.
• In a 2-quart saucepan, heat coconut milk, heavy cream, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar just to boiling on medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar.
• In large bowl with wire whisk, mix pumpkin, eggs, rum (if using), vanilla extract and salt until blended.
• Gradually whisk hot milk mixture into pumpkin mixture until blended. Pour pumpkin mixture through a sieve into an 8-cup glass measuring cup, then into the caramel coated pan. Place pan in a roasting pan; place on oven rack. Pour boiling water into roasting pan to come three-quarters of the way up the side of the 9-inch pan. Bake 45-55 minutes (if using a metal pan check after 35 minutes) or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge of pan comes out clean (center will still jiggle a bit).
• Carefully remove pan from water. Allow creme caramel to cool 1 hour in pan on a wire rack. Cover and refrigerate creme caramel overnight or up to 2 days. To un-mold, run a small spatula around side of pan; invert creme caramel onto serving plate, allowing caramel to drip down from pan (some caramel may remain in pan).
• Garnish with freshly whipped cream, cooled coconut/sugar mixture and freshly grated nutmeg. Cut into 12 portions and serve.

PUMPKIN CARAMELS

Steps:

• Line an 8 by 4-inch loaf pan with waxed paper or aluminum foil. Brush the sides, but not the bottom lightly with butter and sprinkle the pumpkin seeds in the bottom.
• Whisk the maple syrup, brown sugar, cream, corn syrup, pie spice, lemon juice, and salt together in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan. Brush down the sides on the saucepan with water to remove every grain of sugar. Set the candy thermometer into the sugar. Cook the mixture over medium heat, without stirring, until the mixture reaches the firm ball stage, 248 degrees F, about 18 to 20 minutes.
• Carefully stir in the pumpkin puree. Return to the heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the caramel reaches the soft ball stage, 240 degrees F, about 15 minutes more. Remove from the heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
• Pour the caramel over the pumpkin seeds in the prepared pan. Smooth to an even layer. Cool to room temperature.
• When fully cooled peel from the waxed paper or foil and cut into 24 (1-inch) squares. Wrap individually in parchment or waxed paper and store in an airtight container for up to a week.

PUMPKIN CREME CARAMEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Stir sugar and water in heavy medium saucepan until slightly dissolved. Without stirring, cook on medium heat 8 to 10 minutes or until sugar turns golden brown. Immediately pour into 9-inch round cake pan. Wearing oven mitts, quickly swirl and tilt pan to coat bottom and sides of pan with caramelized sugar. Place pan in large shallow baking pan. Let caramelized sugar stand at room temperature to cool and harden slightly.
• Place milks, pumpkin, cream cheese, eggs, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla in blender container; cover. Blend on medium speed until smooth. Pour over caramelized sugar in pan. Pour enough hot water into baking pan to come halfway up side of cake pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center of flan come out clean. Cool slightly. Carefully remove pan from water. Cool completely on wire rack.
• Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Carefully run knife around flan to loosen from pan. Invert onto serving plate. Gently remove cake pan.

PUMPKIN CREME CARAMEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degree F.
• To caramelize sugar, melt the 1-1/3 cups sugar in a heavy large skillet over medium-high heat, shaking the skillet occasionally.
• When the sugar starts to melt, reduce heat to low.
• Cook, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until sugar is golden brown. Remove skillet from heat; immediately pour the caramelized sugar into eight ungreased 6-ounce custard cups.
• Holding cups with pot holders, quickly tilt to evenly coat bottoms of cups.
• Place cups in two 2-quart square baking dishes.
• Stir together eggs, pumpkin, evaporated milk, the 1/2 cup sugar, pumpkin pie spice, orange peel, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
• Pour the pumpkin mixture over caramelized sugar in cups.
• Place the baking pans with the dishes on the oven rack.
• Pour boiling water into the baking dishes around cups to a depth of 1 inch.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the centers comes out clean.
• Remove cups from water.
• Cool slightly on wire rack.
• Cover and chill for 4 to 24 hours.
• To serve, loosen edges of custards with a knife, slipping the point of a knife down the sides to let in air.
• Invert a dessert plate over each custard, turn cup and plate over together. Scrape the caramelized sugar that remains in cup onto the custard.
• If desired, garnish with candied nuts or candied ginger, 1 tablespoon on each custard.