World Flavors Cookbook

Canele de Bordeaux

Bordeaux's iconic pastry — a dark, caramelized, chewy exterior encasing a soft, custardy, rum-scented interior.

Cuisine: France

Ingredients

• 500ml whole milk
• 1 vanilla pod
• 50g butter
• 250g sugar
• 125g flour
• 2 eggs + 2 yolks
• 4 tbsp dark rum
• Butter for the moulds

Instructions

1. Heat milk with vanilla and butter.
2. Whisk flour and sugar. Add eggs and yolks.
3. Pour hot milk in gradually. Add rum. Rest batter 24 hours.
4. Coat canele moulds with butter.
5. Fill moulds 3/4 full with cold batter.
6. Bake at 250C for 10 minutes, then 180C for 50 minutes.