Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, crème brûlée. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Crème Brûlée is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Crème Brûlée is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Just before serving, sprinkle the tops with white granulated sugar and shake off the excess. Place under broiler til caramelized or use a propane torch to burn the tops. Part of the fun of Creme Brulee comes from the crispiness of the burnt top compared to the creaminess of the custard. In fact that hard, glazed top is what makes crème brûlée so wonderful, because it provides the perfect contrast to the cool and creamy custard below.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook crème brûlée using 5 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Crème Brûlée:
- Take 4 free range egg yolks
- Make ready 1 vanilla pod
- Get 70 g caster sugar
- Take 350 ml double cream
- Prepare A few teaspoons Demerara sugar
It is usually served in individual ramekins but it can also be prepared in a larger one. For the best texture, you will have to place the ramekins inside a baking pan which you will fill halfway through with boiling water (water bath). Creme Brûlée is a simple but elegant dessert made with egg yolks, heavy cream, vanilla and sugar. A creamy custard topped with caramelized sugar!
Instructions to make Crème Brûlée:
- Preheat the oven to 150°C fan assisted
- Pour the cream into a saucepan
- Split the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape the seeds into the cream
- Bring the cream to boiling point and then simmer for about 5 minutes
- In another bowl beat the yolks and the sugar together until light and fluffy
- Bring the cream back to boiling point and then whisk into the egg mixture until it thickens
- Strain the mixture into a jug through a fine sieve
- Place the ramekins into a roasting tray and then fill them with the cream mixture
- Pour boiling water into the roasting tray until it reaches half way up the ramekins (this is known as Bain-marie)
- Place the tray on the middle shelf in the oven and bake for about 35-40 minutes until they are just set and still have a little wobble
- Remove from the oven and let them cool at room temperature and then refrigerate until needed
- Just before serving, sprinkle with Demerara sugar and using a blow torch caramelise the top (you can use the oven grill to brown them if you don’t have a blow torch)
- Leave to cool for a few minutes before serving, so that the sugar hardens
Creme Brûlée is a simple but elegant dessert made with egg yolks, heavy cream, vanilla and sugar. A creamy custard topped with caramelized sugar! Even though the thought of making Creme Brûlée can be intimidating if you've never made it, I promise it's easier than you think! It's even fun to say, even if it is a pain in the neck to type. I've loved it for a very, very, very long time.
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