This is the authentic crema catalana, not the burnt custard that everyone makes and calls catalana. This recipe is very, very old, from my mother and my grandmother. Although my grandmother was from Valencia, my mother was born here and would now be 90 years old. Nowadays, any recipe you see, even from professionals, is nothing more than burnt custard with sugar, but not the authentic crema catalana made with granulated rice starch, which was traditionally used to starch clothes. You might find it in drugstores instead of grocery stores. I sometimes buy it at the store where my mother always bought it, which sells nuts, but also at a very old drugstore that has the same recipe from their mother for crema catalana. Other times, I buy it at a nearby herb shop.

NOTE: THIS IS FOR FOUR SERVINGS. IF YOU WANT FOR 6 PEOPLE, USE 12 EGG YOLKS INSTEAD OF 8 AND 12 OF SUGAR. You also have a CAKE VERSION: [CREMA CATALANA CAKE FOR FATHER'S DAY](http://www.mis-recetas.org/recetas/show/35512-tarta-de-crema-catalana-para-el-día-del-padre)