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Crème brûlée
Something sweet from the public-domain kitchen, kept the way its author wrote it.
- 30 min hands-on
- 290 min total
- Serves 4
- $8+ a serving
- Vegetarian
- oven
- skillet
- large pot
Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.
Ingredients serves 4
- 400 mlhigh fat cream
- 140 mlwhole milk
- 85 gsugar (preferred brown)
- 5egg yolk
- 1vanilla bean (mark, optionally essence)check the label: may contain gluten
- Lemon peel, rubbed
- Sugar for the top crust
Method one step at a time, with timers in the app
- Mix cream, milk and yolks.
- Add sugar, vanilla and lemon.
- Let rest for at least 30 min (optionally over night)⏱ 30 min
- Pour into 4-6 fireproof ramekins.
- Pre-heat oven to 150°C and put the grease pan on the middle rail.
- Put the ramekins onto the grease pan and fill it with boiling water.
- Let the crème cook for 55 min.⏱ 55 min
- Let the ramekins cool down to room temperature and put them in the fridge for at least 2 hours.⏱ 120 min
- Spread a teaspoon of sugar onto each ramekin.
- Use a blowtorch to flambé the sugar. Alternatively the grill of your oven may work too.
Allergens, with the fine print read
- ⚠Contains dairy, eggs.
- ?Check the label: vanilla bean (mark, optionally essence) may contain gluten, depending on the brand.
- !These tags haven't had their final human sign-off yet. Always read the label.
Original recipe by jan-kremer, published in the public domain by Public Domain Recipes (Unlicense). Shown as written; not yet tested in the Socrabites kitchen.