Creme Brulee
Allow about 1 hr for this French dessert, which makes 2 servings. The main ingredients are heavy cream, egg yolks and sugar. The cooking is mostly baking. It is vegetarian and gluten-free. Each serving has about 420 calories and 6 g of protein.
- Total time
- 1 hr
- Servings
- 2
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Calories
- 420 kcal
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Ingredients
For 2 servings
- 250 mlheavy cream
- 3egg yolks
- 60 gsugar
- 1vanilla bean
- 1 pinchsalt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 150C (300F). Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape the seeds into the heavy cream. Heat the cream with the vanilla pod until it just begins to steam. Remove from heat and discard the pod.
- Whisk the egg yolks with 40g of the sugar and a pinch of salt until pale and smooth. Slowly pour the warm cream into the yolks while whisking constantly to temper.
- Strain the custard through a fine sieve into two ramekins. Place in a baking dish and fill the dish with hot water halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Bake for 40-45 minutes until set with a slight jiggle in the center.
- Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Before serving, sprinkle the remaining sugar evenly over each custard and caramelize with a kitchen torch until golden and crackling.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Fat
- 32 g
- Carbs
- 28 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: French
- Dish type: Dessert
- Diet: vegetarian, gluten-free
- In cookbook: Date Night In
