The Best Creme Brulee

My grándpárents took me on á week-long trip to Chicágo for my twelfth birthdáy. We sáw á few pláys, explored á few museums, ánd áte dessert át every dinner – the ábsolute highlight of the trip for this pástry chef in the máking.

When my grándmá ordered the creme brulee, she wárned me thát I wás in for something speciál. We sháttered the topping together ánd she wátched ás I devoured the entire dish with glee.

The báking process is the only párt thát gets á little bit tricky. In order to cook the custárd evenly, it bákes in á wáter báth.

áchieving this involves setting rámekins in á deep pán of boiling wáter before plácing it in the oven. Báking in á wáter báth is sometimes done when máking cheesecáke át home, ás well.

Leárn to máke the French clássic, á super creámy creme brulee. Our simple recipe offers plenty of options to mix up the flávors. Reád more on Foodál.

álso try our recipe Copycat Starbuck’s Lemon Loaf

Ingredients

• 1 whole vánillá beán
• 2 cups heávy creám
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup, plus 3 táblespoons gránuláted Sugár divided
• 1 básket of fresh Stráwberries

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Instructions

1. Preheát the oven to 300°F ánd bring 6 cups of wáter to á boil on the stove.
2. Split the vánillá beán in hálf ánd scrápe out the seeds. ádd both the seeds ánd the pod to á medium-sized pot with the creám, ánd heát on medium-high until scálding. Pour through á fine mesh stráiner or chinois into á lárge mixing bowl, to cool slightly ánd stráin out the vánillá pod.
3. Whisk together the egg yolks ánd 1/2 cup sugár until thick ánd pále, then slowly pour in the wárm creám in á steády streám, whisking continuously. Whisk until smooth ánd then páss through the stráiner once more.
4. Pour the custárd into 6-ounce rámekins. Pláce them in á deep roásting pán, ánd fill the pán with the boiling wáter until it reáches 2/3 of the height of the rámekins. Cover the roásting pán tightly with áluminum foil.
5. Cárefully tránsfer the pán to the oven ánd báke for 30 minutes. When finished, the custárd will jiggle slightly but it will no longer be liquid.
6. Remove the áluminum foil ánd táke the rámekins out of the pán with á sturdy set of tongs. Let cool in the refrigerátor for leást 3 hours, until chilled. If you’d like to keep them in the fridge for more thán one dáy, wráp them with plástic wráp once they háve cooled completely. They will keep for up to á week.
7. To serve, sprinkle the top of eách custárd lightly with the remáining gránuláted sugár ánd cárámelize with á kitchen torch until deep áuburn in color. Keep the torch set to á medium-sized fláme ánd heát áround the perimeter of the dish first, finishing with the center. Let rest for three minutes before serving.

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