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Pots de Crème refers to both a custard dessert and the small pots with lids that you serve the custard in.

The custard is a just barely firm baked custard. The proportions are usually per 3 cups of milk (24 oz / 700cl), 1 egg plus 5 egg yolks. The custard is often flavoured with vanilla or chocolate.

The custard mixture is put into the special Pots de Crème cups, and the cups baked in a water bath. The pots are covered with their lids during baking to stop a skin from forming on top of the custard. The cooking time is about 20 minutes.

The Pots de Crème cups usually are very small, only holding about 3 oz (90 ml.) They have a single handle on the side. The lids also have something on top that acts as a handle to make it easy to lift them off.

Literature & Lore
These special pots are very collectible now.

Language Notes
The French don't have a word for custard, so they call it crème.

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