Always Wanting More: My Favorite Homemade Dessert

Ingredients for 6 people:

1 liter of milk
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon vanilla
Zest of half a lemon
6 egg yolks
125 g sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons of cornstarch
20 ml of milk (to dissolve the cornstarch)
6 Maria type biscuits
1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder

preparation

Milk infusion:
Pour the milk into a saucepan, add the cinnamon stick, vanilla and lemon zest.
Heat over medium heat and let boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep for 10 minutes.

Preparation of egg yolks:
In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks with the sugar until smooth.

Dissolving cornstarch:
In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with a little milk until completely dissolved.

Combination of mixtures:
Add the cornstarch mixture to the bowl containing the egg yolks and sugar, and mix well.

Milk filtration:
Strain the infused milk through a fine sieve directly into the bowl of egg mixture, then whisk until smooth.

Cooking the cream:
Pour the mixture into a saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly to prevent the cream from sticking to the bottom.

Thickening:

Continue cooking for about 10 minutes, until the cream thickens.

Mounting in the glasses:
Place 3 Maria biscuits in the bottom of 3 dessert glasses. Pour the cream into these glasses, then divide the rest of the cream into 3 other glasses.
Let cool, then place 3 Maria biscuits on the cream of the glasses without biscuits at the bottom.

Refrigeration:
Sprinkle with cinnamon and refrigerate for 4 hours.