If creme brulee sounds like something you would only order at a restaurant (and never attempt to make at home), things are about to get a little fancy. And not in a complicated way. Because really, underneath all that French you’ll find nothing more than a sweet vanilla custard with a sugar shell.
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Creme Brulee
- 15m
- 1h 15m
Ingredients
- 1 vanilla bean
- 2 c cream
- 4 egg yolks
- 4 tsp. raw honey
- 4 tbsp. coconut sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Using a sharp knife, make a slit down the length of the vanilla bean. Using the tip of the knife, scrape out the black pulp and put both the pod and the pulp in a small saucepan.
- Add cream to the vanilla, and simmer mixture for 5 minutes, stirring periodically, making sure it never reaches a boil.
- Meanwhile, beat together egg yolks and honey with an electric mixer, for about 2 minutes.
- Remove the vanilla cream from the heat and add to egg mixture a tiny bit at a time, whisking constantly as you pour.
- Pour creme brûlée mixture into 4 ramekins.
- Put the ramekins in a baking dish. Add hot water to the baking dish until the water reaches halfway up the ramekins.
- Bake 45 minutes for shallow ramekins and 1 hour for deeper ones. When done, they should be slightly browned on top, but still jiggly.
- Remove baking dish from oven and let stand for a few minutes. Remove ramekins from baking dish, cover with plastic wrap, and chill in the fridge for at least a few hours.
- Just before serving, preheat broiler in oven to high. Sprinkle coconut sugar evenly over each ramekin. Broil 2-3 minutes to caramelize the sugar - do not overcook. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- 519
- 8g
- 16g
- 46g
- 28g
- 1g
- 298mg
- 16g
- 95mg
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