Tuesday, December 25, 2012

My quest for the perfect creme brulee

there are many recipes on the web, but all of them are a little different, and many make about 6 servings of creme brulee. here's what i've been using, adapted from many recipes:

  • 1 1/3 cups cream
  • 2 yolks
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbls sugar

preheat oven to 300 degrees. whisk eggs with sugar and vanilla; gradually mix in cream until well blended.pour into 2 oval ramekins. boil a kettle of water. when ready to bake, place ramekins in large baking pan. pour boiling water around ramekins until level of water is about halfway up the ramekins. place in oven; bake for 40 minutes, or until tops are set. remove from oven and allow to cool in the water in the pan. when room temperature, cover with saran wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving. to serve, cover generously with white sugar and burn to a crisp with a brulee torch.

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