Creme Brulee

Crème Brulee recipe also known as burnt cream, crema catalana, or Trinity cream is a dessert consisting of a rich baked custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel. It is normally served cold. The baked custard base is traditionally flavored with vanilla, but is also sometimes flavored with lemon or orange (zest), rosemary, chocolate, coffee, liqueurs, or other fruits.

Below is a video showing how to bake Creme Brulee

Recipe
350 ml UHT Whipping Cream
45 gm Sugar
1 nos Whole Egg
1 nos Egg Yolk
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
50 gm Brown Sugar

Method
1) Bring the cream to a boil in a pot. Make sure to stir the cream occasionally to prevent it from being burnt.
2) Place the sugar, egg and egg yolk and vanilla essence in a mixing bowl.
3) Mix with a wooden spoon.
4) When cream comes to a boil, pour the cream into the egg mixture while stirring the content continuosly.
5) Strain the egg custard mixture.
6) Pour the egg mixture into an oven proof dish.
7) Place the dish in a deep baking pan and fill the pan up to 2/3 with water. This is to create a steam-bake effect.
8) Bake in oven at 160C (320F) for about 45 minutes still egg custard is set and do not wobble around when shaken.
9) Chill baked custard pudding before sprinkling brown sugar on top and use a torch to caramelise the sugar. Serve immediately. Thank you for trying out our Creme Brulee recipe.