meal traditional recipe

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Easy and delicious…

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Ingredients

  • 2 Vanilla Beans
  • 1 cup (250 ml) of whole milk
  • 5 eggs
  • 1/3 cup (70 g) of granulated sugar
  • 1 cup (250 ml) of heavy cream
  • 8 Tsp of granulate sugar (or light brown sugar) to finish

Method

  1. Pre-hear the oven to 200 °F (100 °C)
  2. Split the vanilla beans and scrape out the seeds
  3. Add the milk and vanilla beans + seeds into a pan and bring to a boil over medium heat
  4. Remove from the heat and let infuse 10 mn
  5. Separate yolks and white and place the yolks into a bowl (you can re-use the whites for another recipe like meringues)
  6. Whisk the sugar into the yolk, but make sure the yolks do not become white
  7. Pour the cream - while whisking - into the yolks
  8. Add the milk and whisk until smooth
  9. Divide the cream into 4 small gratin dishes
  10. Place into the oven for 1h and 15 mn or so
  11. Once done, let the cream cool, then refrigerate until 30 mn before use
  12. 30 mn before use, sprinkle 2 Tsp of granulated sugar (or light brown sugar) over each Crème Brûlée and caramelize using the torch

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Traditional
Serve4
Preparation Time20 mn
Cooking Time75 mn
Temperature
AuthorsPascal Crausaz
Christophe Felder
SpecialBlow Torch
Small gratin dishes