Grand Brule a la Boulanger

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
La Cuisine Creole

By Lafcadio Hearn

Published 1885

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Method

The crowning of a grand dinner is a brule. It is the piece de resistance, the grandest pousse cafe of all. After the coffee has been served, the lights are turned down or extinguished, brule is brought in and placed in the centre of the table upon a pedestal surrounded by flowers. A match is lighted, and after allowing the sulphur to burn entirely off is applied to the