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Creme Brulee (French Brulee Custard)

Name: Creme Brulee (French Brulee Custard)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: heavy cream 500 ml; milk 250 ml; vanilla bean 1 pieces; egg yolks 6 pieces; sugar 100 g; sugar for torch 60 g

A silky vanilla custard topped with a thin layer of torched caramel.

60 minutes · 6 servings · Moderate

The name says everything about the dish, and the technique is the reason it survives. Custard is barely heated so it stays silky, and the sugar is caramelised on the surface with a torch or under fierce heat. The contrast of cold cream and hot brittle top is served intact, never spooned in advance.

Ingredients

heavy cream500 ml
milk250 ml
vanilla bean1 pieces
egg yolks6 pieces
sugar100 g
sugar for torch60 g

Directions

1
Heat cream, milk and split vanilla 5 minutes.
2
Whisk yolks with sugar 3 minutes.
3
Temper yolk mix with hot cream; strain.
4
Pour into ramekins; bake in water bath at 140C for 35 minutes.
custard is just set with a slight jiggle
5
Chill 4 hours.
6
Top with sugar; torch to caramel.

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