Vanilla Crème Brûlée

5 of 2 votes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
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It’s a classic dessert of French cuisine: Vanilla Crème Brûlée! After several more or less successful tests, I found the perfect recipe.

I often had the problem that my crème brûlée remained liquid. There, the consistency is ideal, both firm and creamy. Here are my tips for making a perfect Vanilla Crème Brûlée!

Vanilla Crème Brûlée

Vanilla Crème Brûlée Recipe

For 4 ramekins you need the following ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 50 g sugar
  • 200 ml milk
  • 220 g of whipping cream (min 30 % fat),
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 4 teaspoons of brown sugar

What to do with you egg whites? Have a look at my recipe for Coconut and Dark Chocolate Macaroons!

Equipment

  • 4 crème brûlée ramekins
  • 1 large glass dish
  • 1 Kitchen torch
Vanilla Crème Brûlée

Preparation

Step 1: The vanilla cream

Preheat the oven to 140 ° C (regular oven, no convection!).

Pour the milk into a saucepan. Using the tip of a knife, split the vanilla pod and scrape the vanilla pod to collect the vanilla seeds. Add the vanilla seeds to the milk.

Heat the milk and bring to cook for a few seconds only. Then remove from the heat and add the liquid cream.

In a separate bowl, beat the sugar and egg yolks. Then pour the mixture into the saucepan. Whisk everything together for a minute.

The cream must not cook. The milk should just boil once at the beginning, then the preparation should not cook. It just needs to stay hot for a few minutes for the vanilla to infuse well. When you pour your cream, it will be very liquid, this is quite normal! It will solidify after baking.

Step 2: Baking

Then place the ramekins in a large glass dish. Pour hot water into the dish up to ¾ of the height of the ramekins.

Pour the cream into the ramekins up to ¾ also.

Place the glass dish in the oven and bake in a water bath in the oven for 40 minutes.

Step 3: The caramel crust

Then let the crèmes cool. Before serving, drop a teaspoon of brown sugar in each ramekin. Spread the sugar well over the entire surface.

Light the torch and burn the brown sugar. Serve directly or reserve the crèmes brûlées in the fridge.

Vanilla Crème Brûlée

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Vanilla Crème Brûlée

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5 of 2 votes
It’s a classic dessert of French cuisine: Vanilla Crème Brûlée! After several more or less successful tests, I found the perfect recipe.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 4
Calories 345 kcal

Equipment

  • 4 crème brûlée ramekins
  • 1 large glass dish
  • 1 Kitchen torch

Ingredients
 
 

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 50 g sugar
  • 200 ml milk
  • 220 g of whipping cream min 30 % fat,
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 4 teaspoons of brown sugar

Instructions
 

Step 1: The vanilla cream

  • Preheat the oven to 140 ° C (regular oven, no convection!).
  • Pour the milk into a saucepan. Using the tip of a knife, split the vanilla pod and scrape the vanilla pod to collect the vanilla seeds. Add the vanilla seeds to the milk.
  • Heat the milk and bring to cook for a few seconds only. Then remove from the heat and add the liquid cream.
  • In a separate bowl, beat the sugar and egg yolks. Then pour the mixture into the saucepan. Whisk everything together for a minute.

Step 2: Baking

  • Then place the ramekins in a large glass dish. Pour hot water into the dish up to ¾ of the height of the ramekins.
  • Pour the cream into the ramekins up to ¾ also.
  • Place the glass dish in the oven and bake in a water bath in the oven for 40 minutes.

Step 3: The caramel crust

  • Then let the crèmes cool. Before serving, drop a teaspoon of brown sugar in each ramekin. Spread the sugar well over the entire surface.
  • Light the torch and burn the brown sugar. Serve directly or reserve the crèmes brûlées in the fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 345kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 6gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 276mgSodium: 52mgPotassium: 132mgSugar: 19gVitamin A: 1149IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 119mgIron: 1mg
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