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want to know if you would have a recipe for creme brûlée.
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| CREME BRULEE
(caramelized crusted cream) Ingredients : 3 egg yolks / 25 cl [1 cup - 8.5 fl oz] milk / 25 cl [1 cup - 8.5 fl oz] simple cream (light cream) / 1 vanilla bean / 50 gr [1.75 oz] sugar / 60 gr [2 oz] brown sugar. - In a salad bowl, put the egg yolks and mix them with a whisk. - Cut the vanilla bean in 2, lengthwise, and take the inside seeds out with a knife ; put them in the yolks. - Add the sugar to the yolks and mix until the mixture gets clearer. Add the cream, then the milk, and leave for 30 minutes. - Pre-heat oven at 160°C / 310°F and put 1 cm ( 1/2 in.) high water in the oven baking tray. - Pour the preparation equally into 4 individual ear-dishes and place them on the baking tray (the dishes will be on the water). Bake for about 10 minutes ; the cream must get thicker but stay soft ; it must not get too brown. - When baked, let them get cooler, then put in fridge for at least 1 hour. Last step, the "burning" (sugar crust on top), just before serving : - Pre-heat oven on grill position ; evenly spread the brown sugar on the 4 creams then put under grill for just a few minutes (3 to 5, it is quick) ; the sugar will melt and get caramelized, don't let it burn ! Serve right away (hot on top, cold inside). |
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