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Crème Brûlée

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 7 hr 0 min
  • Servings 4
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Turn everyday ingredients like eggs, whipping cream and sugar into a classic custard with make-ahead qualities.
Created May 30, 2018
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Ingredients

  • 6 egg yolks
  • 2 cups whipping cream
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Boiling water
  • 8 teaspoons granulated sugar

Steps

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    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. In 13x9-inch pan, place 4 (6-oz) ceramic ramekins.* In small bowl, slightly beat egg yolks with wire whisk. In large bowl, stir whipping cream, 1/3 cup granulated sugar and the vanilla until well mixed. Add egg yolks; beat with wire whisk until evenly coloured and well blended. Pour cream mixture evenly into ramekins.
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    2
    Carefully place pan with ramekins in oven. Pour enough boiling water into pan, being careful not to splash water into ramekins, until water covers two-thirds of the height of the ramekins.
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    3
    Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until top is light golden brown and sides are set (centres will be jiggly).
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    4
    Using tongs or grasping tops of ramekins with pot holder, carefully transfer ramekins to cooling rack. Cool to room temperature, about 2 hours. Cover tightly with plastic wrap; refrigerate until chilled, at least 4 hours but no longer than 48 hours.
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    5
    Uncover ramekins; gently blot any liquid from tops of custards with paper towel. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons granulated sugar over each chilled custard. Holding kitchen torch 3 to 4 inches from custard, caramelize sugar on each custard by heating with torch about 2 minutes, moving flame continuously over sugar in circular motion, until sugar is melted and light golden brown. (To caramelize sugar in the broiler, see Broiler Directions below.) Serve immediately, or refrigerate up to 8 hours before serving.
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    6
    Broiler Directions: If kitchen torch is unavailable, set oven control to broil. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons brown sugar over each chilled custard. Place ramekins in 15x10x1-inch pan or on baking sheet with sides. Broil with tops 4 to 6 inches from heat 5 to 6 minutes or until brown sugar is melted and forms a glaze.

Expert Tips

  • Tip 1
    *Do not use glass custard cups or glass pie plates; they cannot withstand the heat from the kitchen torch or broiler and may break.
  • Tip 2
    Kitchen Tips After extensive testing, we've found that granulated sugar melts best when using a kitchen torch and brown sugar melts best under the broiler.
  • Tip 3
    Some cookware stores sell crème brûlée kits which include a rack that makes it easy to put the ramekins in and take them out of the pan.

Nutrition Information

540 Calories, 44g Total Fat, 7g Protein, 30g Total Carbs, 29g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 4
Calories
540
Total Fat
44g
Saturated Fat
25g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
440mg
Sodium
55mg
Total Carbs
30g
Dietary Fiber
0g
Sugars
29g
Protein
7g
% Daily Value*:
Exchanges:
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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