Creme Brulee recipe
A soft yet crackly dessert that first comes to your mind should be crème Brulee. Why do we say so? BECAUSE IT IS WORLD FAMOUS DESSERT with its easy and quick recipe!!
Crème Brulee flavors are indulging on their own. They are light, sweet, and even tangy. Its burnt crackly sugar on top gives it a new flavor that is hard to find in any other world-famous dessert.
To get you familiar with crème Brulee flavors, we came up with crème brulee’s easy recipe. Let’s not keep you waiting then!
Nutritional Value of Crème Brulee Recipe
Before telling you the details of the nutritional value of the crème Brulee recipe, let us tell you it is not for the “faint-hearted” ones. Because it is full of calories.
However, you won’t mind satisfying your sweet tooth once in a while, yes?
This elegant French dessert is love by many and loved even more when chille. The burnt sugar serves as the classic hard topping of the dessert that does not leave any more need for garnishing. Still, some people serve it with fresh fruits, berries, and chocolate chips or shavings.
Crème Brulee contains 286 calories in one serving. It inculcates 6.9g of fat, 46g of carbohydrates, and 11g of protein. There is 46g of sugar and 0g of dietary fiber. Saturated fat and cholesterol are also found in this super-delicious dessert, 3.4g, and 107mg respectively.
Ingredients
We came up with this best crème Brulee recipe and why do we call it so? Because it is made with easily available ingredients. Most of the Crème Brulee ingredients are found at home.
Below is the list of crème Brulee ingredients. Please note:
- Egg yolks: 6 large
- Heavy cream: 1 quart
- Hot water: 2 quarts
- Vanilla sugar: 1 cup (divided into half for separate use)
- Vanilla bean: 1 (split and scraped)
Procedure
To make the best crème Brulee recipe, it should be made Bain-Maire. Bain-Marie is a form of heated bath where the cream does not burn and keeps the recipe soft and fluffy on the inside. The secret to making this dessert to perfection is to provide gentle heat to the ingredients and warm them over a certain period of time.
Making it in the oven is also an easy way to make crème Brulee. However, the method remains the same. The Bain-Marie effect should stay. We will tell you how.
Let’s start with the Crème Brulee recipe:
- Heat the oven priorly to 325°F.
- Take a medium saucepan.
- Bring the cream, vanilla bean, and pulp to a boil in a saucepan.
- When it reaches a boil, remove from the heat and set aside for 15 minutes.
- Remove the vanilla beans and save them for another use in the same recipe.
- In a separate dish, mix together the sugar and egg yolks until thoroughly combined. The mixture will begin to turn light in color as soon as they combine well.
- Add cream at this point and keep stirring while doing so.
- Pour this mixture into ramekins- an excellent bowl for making crème Brulee.
- In a large tray, add water and place the filled ramekins into that tray.
- Please note that water should be enough to reach half the sides of these ramekins.
- Put this tray into the preheated oven and bake it until 40-45 minutes.
- You should keep an eye on that crème Brulee is set but still shuddering in the center.
- As we mentioned, it tastes dreamily well when it is chilled. Keep the baked crème Brulee in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
- They could be kept in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Before serving, take them out 30 minutes beforehand.
- It is for making that crusty sugary top before serving.
- Place the divided vanilla sugar on top so that each ramekin is covere equally on top.
- Using that fiery butane torch for melting the sugar on top, give it a burnt, crusty look.
- When it’s done, let it sit for another 5 minutes to cool down a bit. Then it is ready to serve and impress!
This dessert is also renowned for its Crème Brulee coffee. It is still creamy with a crispy top, but with coffee, it is enhance. Coffee lovers will enjoy this dessert’s coffee punch. As mentioned previously, crème brulee coffee is mostly made with espresso coffee.
