make creme brulee

My room mate bought me a creme brulee set for Christmas. :) So, I’m going to have to make something with my new blow torch! YES!!!

I officially love crème brûlée! It’s so easy to make too!
Here’s a recipe that I came up with that is very easy:

crème brûlée
1 cup of milk
1/2 tablespoon sugar
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 cup brown sugar
About a 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon (optional)
Directions:
Combine milk and 1/2 tablespoon of sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
In a separate bowl, wisk the egg yolks and vanilla together.
ladle in some of the milk mixture whilst continuing to wisk.
Pour all of the egg mixture into the pan with the remaining milk mixture and add the 1/4 cup of sugar and 1/8 cup brown sugar. Wisk until dissolved. Pour mixture into the ramekins. Put the ramekins in a water bath and bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes. After they come out of the oven, chill them before caramelizing sugar on top.
This recipe will fill five miniature ramekins; probably two or three regular sized ramekins.
Enjoy!

I made creme brulee for valentine’s day….it was sooooo yummy.

I’ve made my own creme brulee for a long time, but recently I discovered a frozen version at costco. It comes in a ceramic dish…just add sugar and torch and it’s ready in 10 minutes! Tastes pretty good too…so now I do that instead of make my own. The goal really is to EAT creme brulee, not make it, right?

Soooo, I finally got the guts to try making a creme brulee. I am a baker, but have never even tried a pudding before, so a rather complicated and picky custard seemed a bit insurmountable. Not to mention the fact that I am a college student and can’t have open fire in my apartment, so I’d have to chance it with our rather finicky broiler.
Did I mention I’m a vegan as well?
Anyway, mixed up the custard and was very happy with it. Sprinkled sugar on top; then the fun started. The broiler didn’t get hot enough, so the sugar did not melt quickly enough. I had to pull the creme brulee out of the oven to put more ice around it to keep the custard cool. Twice. Finally, the third time, I didn’t want to pull the whole pan out, so I just tossed ice cubes into the pan around the brulee. Bad idea. Cold water splattered onto the light bulb in the back of the oven, causing it to explode. Yes, explode. Well, the sugar never completely crystallized on top, and there are specks of glass all over from the light bulb.
Oh well. At least I did make one. And the wine was good, even if we didn’t get a taste of the creme brulee. I’ll definitely try again, because it’s fun if nothing else. Perhaps I’ll wait until I get home and can use a torch.

I think that any foods that use a blow torch are highly worth learning to make =) This one is actually pretty easy to put together, although I’d highly recommend springing for the real vanilla bean if that’s the flavor you’re going for. So great!