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Crème Brûlée Recipe

This restaurant favourite may seem daunting, but it is easier to prepare at home than you might think!

Difficulty

Easy

Prep Time

30

Cooking Time

45

Serves

4

Recipe Ingredients

  • 4 large SPAR eggs (3 separated, 1 whole)
  • 75ml SPAR white sugar
  • 190ml SPAR full-cream milk
  • 350ml SPAR fresh cream
  • 5ml vanilla essence
  • 60ml SPAR white sugar (for topping)

Recipe Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 150°C. Fill a roasting pan till one-third with water and place in the oven until it comes to temperature.  
  2. In a bowl, whisk the whole egg, 3 egg yolks, and sugar.
  3. In a medium pot, warm your milk and cream together. As soon as it reaches boiling point, remove it from the heat.
  4. Slowly add your egg mixture to the milk and cream, aerating it as you go. Add the vanilla essence and set aside until lukewarm.
  5. Strain the custard mixture into 4 ramekins. Place them into the warmed water bath and cover with foil. Bake for 45 minutes at 150°C. (The custard will not be completely firm!)
  6. Remove the ramekins and allow to cool till room temperature. Once cooled, cover and refrigerate the custard until cold and firm.
  7. When serving, sprinkle 15ml of sugar evenly over the top of the custard.
  8. If you have a chef’s torch, heat the sugar until it crystalises and turns golden brown.
  9. If you don’t, no need to worry! Place each ramekin under a preheated grill oven element with the shelf position ~6-8cm below. Grill until golden brown, ~3 minutes.
  10. Set the dessert aside until the sugar has hardened. Serve and enjoy!

Hints & Tips

  • The baked custard (without sugar on top) can be made in advance and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.
  • ​Make sure to store the chef’s torch in a locked position, away from the reach of children.

 

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