Green tea crème brûlée

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4 to 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Complex

    • Ready in

      24 hr

Appears in

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

  • About

Just one of the many unusual flavor variations for crème brûlée. You could make a coffee-orange crème brûlée following the same pattern, simply by using crushed coffee beans (about ¼ cup) in place of the green tea powder (strain them out after the infusion) and orange instead of lime.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon green tea powder (macha), found at Japanese markets
  • Minced zest of

Method

  1. Heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium-high heat until a few bubbles rise to the surface. Stir in the macha and the lime zest and let cool for about 5 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, beat together the egg yolks and sugar until light yellow. Pour about a quarter of the milk into this mixture, then pour the sugar-egg mixture back into the milk and stir. Add the cream