Crème Brûlée

One of the most famous desserts in the world. Crème Brulee is by far one of my favorites and if I see crème Brulee on a dessert menu, I’m getting it every time. Crème Brulee is sweet, smooth and crunchy, and absolutely delicious.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups heavy cream

• 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• ⅛ teaspoon salt

• 5 egg yolks

• ½ cup sugar, plus extra for the brulee’ing part

Instructions:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees

• In a saucepan, combine cream, vanilla bean, and salt and cook over low heat just until hot.

• Remove the saucepan from the heat and set it aside while you make the egg mixture

• If you are using Vanilla extract, add it now

• Add your yolks to a bowl and add in the sugar.

• Mix together until the mixture becomes a light yellow

• Remove the vanilla bean from the cream

• Add a 1/4 cup of the cream to the egg mixture, stir constantly.

• Stir in the rest of the cream until completely combined

• Place 4 ramekins inside a baking dish

• Pour the custard in the ramikens

• Fill the baking dish with hot water halfway up the ramekins

• Bake for 30-40 minutes

• Let cool and then cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours

• Before serving top the custard with 3/4 tablespoon of sugar.

• Use a cooking torch to melt the sugar while rotating the ramekin in your hand.

• If you don’t have a cooking torch place ramekins in a broiler 2 to 3 inches from the heat source. Turn on broiler. Cook until sugar melts and browns or evenly darkens, around 5 minutes

ENJOY!