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Steamed Soy Milk Custard Cake with Fermented Black Bean Ice Cream

Silky steamed custard cake made with homemade soy milk, paired with unique fermented black bean ice cream for probiotic benefits and winter comfort

Total Time
1h 35min
Servings
6
Difficulty
hard

Time Breakdown

Prep:50min
Cook:45min
Cuisine: japanese
Meal Type:
dessert
Tags:
steamed-custardfermented-foodshomemade-soy-milkprobioticwinter

Ingredients (6 servings)

  • 5.36 ozdried soybeans, soaked overnight
  • 1.69 pintswater, filtered
    for soy milk
  • 4 largeeggs
  • 2.86 ozsugar
  • 25 gcornstarch
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 1.69 cupsheavy cream
  • 6.78 fl ozwhole milk
  • 1.07 ozfermented black beans, rinsed and minced
    douchi
  • 6 largeegg yolks
  • 4.29 ozbrown sugar
  • 2 gsea salt, fine

Instructions

  1. 1

    Blend soaked soybeans with water until smooth. Strain through cheesecloth, pressing solids. Heat to 85°C, cool to room temperature for fresh soy milk.

    20min
  2. 2

    For ice cream base, heat cream, milk, and minced black beans to 75°C. Steep 30 minutes, strain. Whisk yolks with brown sugar until pale.

    15min
  3. 3

    Temper hot cream mixture into yolk mixture, return to pan. Cook stirring constantly until 82°C and coats spoon. Strain, add salt, chill completely.

    8min
  4. 4

    Whisk eggs and sugar until ribbony. Heat 300ml soy milk to 70°C, temper into eggs. Add cornstarch dissolved in remaining cold soy milk and vanilla.

    10min
  5. 5

    Pour custard into lined 6-inch cake pan. Steam in bamboo steamer over gentle simmer for 35-40 minutes until set and knife comes out clean.

    40min
  6. 6

    Churn ice cream base in machine according to manufacturer's instructions. Serve warm custard cake slices with scoops of black bean ice cream.

    25min

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