🍮🔥 Crème Brûlée (classic French dessert)
Crème brûlée is a rich, silky custard topped with a thin layer of crispy caramelized sugar you crack with a spoon.
🥣 Ingredients:
- 🥛 Heavy cream (2 cups)
- 🥚 Egg yolks (4–5)
- 🍬 Sugar (½ cup + extra for topping)
- 🌿 Vanilla extract or vanilla bean (1 tsp)
👩🍳 How to make:
1. Heat cream
- Warm heavy cream with vanilla (don’t boil).
2. Mix eggs & sugar
- Whisk egg yolks with sugar until pale and smooth.
3. Combine
- Slowly pour warm cream into egg mixture while whisking.
4. Bake (water bath method)
- Pour into ramekins.
- Place in a baking dish and add hot water around them.
- Bake at 160°C (320°F) for 30–40 minutes until set but slightly jiggly.
5. Chill
- Refrigerate for at least 2–4 hours.
6. Caramelize top 🔥
- Sprinkle sugar on top.
- Use a torch (or broiler) to melt and caramelize until golden and crisp.
🍽️ Result:
- Silky smooth vanilla custard 🍮
- Crisp caramel sugar top 🍬
- Perfect contrast of creamy + crunchy 😋
⭐ Tips:
- Don’t overbake (center should jiggle slightly)
- Use a torch for best caramel top
- Add a pinch of salt for deeper flavor
If you want, I can also show you:
- 🍓 Strawberry crème brûlée
- 🍫 Chocolate version
- ⚡ No-oven / no-torch version
- 🧁 Mini crème brûlée cups
