Crèmes Brûlées

Name: Crèmes Brûlées
Yield: Makes Six 5-ounce Crème Brûlée
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream; 1 vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise, or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise, or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup sugar; 6 egg yolks

Preparation info

Makes
Six
5 ounce Crème Brûlée

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Baking

By James Peterson

Published 2009

About

Crème brûlée is made with the same basic ingredients as pots de crème—heavy cream and egg yolks—but is flavored with a whole vanilla bean and finished with a top layer of crunchy caramel.

Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream
1 vanilla bean, split in half lengthwise, or 2 teaspoons

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 300°F. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring the cream to a simmer with the vanilla bean or vanilla extract. If using a vanilla bean, scrape out the tiny seeds from each half and stir them into the cream.

In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks and