Croatian Rožata Recipe From Dubrovnik

ROžATA

Steps:

• Heat milk, sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon zest. Let cool.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs and egg yolks and mix with the milk.
• Heat the oven to 350 F (180 C).
• In a saucepan, add the sugar and water and cook on low to medium heat until the caramel turns amber.
• Grease ramekins or a large baking dish with butter.
• Pour 1 teaspoon of caramel in the bottom of each ramekin or 4 tablespoons in the bottom of a large pan and pour over the preparation.
• Place the ramekins or the mold in a bain-marie (water bath), and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes if they are individual ramekins or 40 minutes if it is a single large mold.
• Cool the cream in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
• Shortly before serving, make the caramel sauce. In a saucepan, add ½ cup of sugar and 2 tablespoons of water and cook on low to medium heat until the caramel becomes amber.
• Add the ½ cup (100 ml) of water over the caramel. Cook on low to medium heat for 10 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Unmold the creams on a plate and serve with whipped cream and caramel sauce.

ROžATA (ROZATA) PUDDING - A CROATIAN CUSTARD

Steps:

• Beat all of the eggs with 6 tablespoons. sugar and milk, adding lemon rind, rum and vanilla.
• In a separate pot, add the sugar cubes over medium heat cooking until the sugar takes on a honey color and texture. This takes about 5 minutes and while you should swirl the pan, do not stir as it will possibly contaminate the syrup with sugar crystals. Pour the caramelized sugar cubes into an oven safe pudding form before adding the pudding mixture. A glass pie plate also works.
• In a second pot bring enough water to reach up to over the halfway point of the form to a boil and put the filled pudding form into a water bath.
• Preheat oven to 350-375 degrees. If you are using a shallow dish, use the lower temperature. Cook for 45 minute in the water bath, and before the Rožata is finished cooking and remove it from the water bath. Cook an additional 15 minutes.
• After cooling off, carefully turn the Rožata over onto a plate and serve. In summer, one can refrigerate before serving.