Portuguese sweet vermicelli

Ingredients

• 200 g fine vermicelli noodles
• 1 litre milk
• 160 g sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 40 g butter
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Lemon peel
• Ground cinnamon

Step-by-step method

1. Heat milk with lemon peel, cinnamon stick and butter.
2. Add broken vermicelli noodles and simmer, stirring, until tender.
3. Stir in sugar until dissolved; remove cinnamon and lemon peel.
4. Temper yolks with some hot milk and return to low heat, stirring until thickened and yolks are fully cooked.
5. Pour into a serving dish, cool and decorate with ground cinnamon.