Figure out how to make creme brulee with 4 basic fixings! Make this formula for an exemplary pastry that is similarly flavorful and amazing.
With the special times of year around the bend, I thought I’d share my creme brulee formula. It’s a lot simpler to make than it appears, and the flavor is just unbelievable!
In the event that you like French treats this way, attempt my Chocolate Creme Brulee or Cinnamon Creme Brulee.
Or then again make Butterscotch Budino, which is an Italian pastry that consolidates sweet pudding with earthy colored sugar caramel. It catches comparable flavors as a brulee, yet is smooth through and through.
Basically, it’s a rich vanilla enhanced custard finished off with solidified caramel. A big part of the fun of eating it is getting through that top layer to get to the rich pastry underneath!
Made in France, the name in a real sense means “consumed cream” to depict the caramel layer.
The fixings are fundamental – simply weighty cream, eggs, vanilla, and sugar. Besides, there’s no treating of the cream and eggs with this creme brulee formula!
This vanilla custard pastry is an exemplary French formula. You can analyze by adding cinnamon or different flavorings in lieu of the vanilla concentrate to the fluid blend. Genuinely however, the vanilla flavor will consistently be the work of art.
Ingredients
- 10 large egg yolks (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 cups whipping cream (room temperature)
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup sugar for caramelizing tops after cooking
Instructions
- Preheat oven 300°F. Separate egg yolks from whites and save egg whites for another use.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the egg yolks with the sugar until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is a pale yellow.
- Add the whipping cream and vanilla, and beat on low until well blended, about 30 seconds.
- I pour the mixture through a strainer into your 8 ramekins (See Note 1) or custard cups to get rid of any foam or bubbles (See Note 2), but this is optional. Pour up to a 1/4 inch from top of ramekin or cup.
- Place the filled ramekins into a large roasting pan with sides (13×9″) and carefully pour hot water around ramekins so that the water almost reaches the top of ramekins. Bake until set, about 50 minutes.
- Carefully remove pan from oven and leave in the water bath until cooled.
- Remove ramekins from water bath, wipe water off ramekins and place in refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours.
- Prior to serving, remove from refrigerator and sprinkle about 1-2 teaspoons of sugar over each custard top. Using a small, hand-held torch melt the sugar until a burnt caramel is made. If you don’t have a torch, place ramekins under broiler 2 to 3 inches from the heat source. Turn on broiler and cook until sugar melts and browns or even blackens a bit, about 5 minutes. *Optionally – Re-chill the ramekins to harden the sugar for 5 minutes then serve. (See Note 3)
Notes
- The size I use here are 3 1/4″ in diameter, 1 1/4″ deep and hold roughly a 1/2 cup.
- I find pouring through a strainer eliminates any foam and leaves a smooth surface. This is purely optional.
- If not serving right away, do not do the sugar topping part. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 2 days. Top with sugar and torch/broil before serving. It will not stay completely hard if done more than 3 hours prior.
- The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Nutrition
Calories: 406kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 346mg | Sodium: 39mg | Potassium: 80mg | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 1420IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 0.6mg
