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French Vanilla Crème Brûlée

French Vanilla Crème Brûlée

Creamy custard caramelised sugar on the top
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Calories: 369kcal

Servings: 3 people

Equipment

  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 250 g Cream Thicken, Whipped cream
  • 1 Vanilla bean or vanilla essence
  • 2 1/2 Egg yolk
  • 25 g Sugar White caster

Garnish

  • Sugar for caramalising White caster
  • Berries
  • Mint

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 130C conventional oven
  • Into a medium-size pan add cream, vanilla and 3/4 of the sugar and bring to a boil
  • In a separate bowl whisk egg yolk and the remaining sugar. This should be whisked well until fluffy, pale and thickened
  • Pour the boiled milk and sugar while it is hot into the whisked egg yolk mixture and mix well
  • Pour the custard mixture into small oven proof ramekins. Place the ramekins on a deep tray. Pour water onto the tray so the pots can be steamed inside the oven
  • Bake for 35-40 minutes. The size of the ramekins will depend on the exact time needed in the oven. So keep an eye out with the timing
  • Once baked store them in the fridge overnight.
  • When ready to serve, take it out of the fridge, dust sugar on the surface and burn the sugar using a blow torch until caramelised. garnish with berries and mint and serve immediately
  • If you don't have a blow torch then use the oven for this process, see notes above on the article on how to caramelise the suagr in the oven

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Nutrition

Calories: 369kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 277mg | Sodium: 39mg | Potassium: 80mg | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1441IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 74mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition Facts
French Vanilla Crème Brûlée
Amount Per Serving
Calories 369 Calories from Fat 315
% Daily Value*
Fat 35g54%
Saturated Fat 21g131%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 11g
Cholesterol 277mg92%
Sodium 39mg2%
Potassium 80mg2%
Carbohydrates 11g4%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 1441IU29%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 74mg7%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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