Chipotle Cremes Brulees

Name: Chipotle Cremes Brulees
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ⅓ cup granulated sugar; 1 whole egg; 3 to 4 tablespoons turbinado sugar or more granulated sugar; 8 egg yolks; 3 cups heavy cream; 2 dried chipotle chiles, torn open and seeded (for a spicier dessert, leave the seeds in); 1 cinnamon stick; 1 vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

How to Grill

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

3 cups heavy cream
2 dried chipotle chiles, torn open and seeded (for a spicier dessert, leave the seeds in)
1

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Combine the cream, chipotles, vanilla bean, and cinnamon stick in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat and cook at the gentlest possible simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and let the cream mixture cool to room temperature.
Combine the egg yolks, whole egg, and granulated sugar in a large bowl and whisk just to mix. Whisk the cooled cream mixt