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Creme Brulee: Vanilla Creme Brulee

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

2 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 vanilla beans
5 large egg yolks


Recipe

Heat oven to 325ºF. Place 6 3/4-cup ramekins in a baking pan. Scrap out vanilla bean. In a sauce pan,mix together cream, sugar, and vanilla seeds and outside bean. Stir over me. heat until mixture comes to a simmer. Cover pan, reduce heat to very low and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain bean out of custard. Whisk yolk in a bowl. Gradually whisk in hot cream. just until blended. Pour into dishes. Add HOT water into baking dish, about 1/2 way up sides of custard dishes.

Bake for about 30-35 minutes, until set in the center. Remove dishes from the baking pan. Cool on counter for 30 minutes. Chill in the fringe for at least 3 hours, up to 2 days. Sprinkle each dish with 2 teaspoons of sugar. Using a kitchen blow torch, melt the sugar by holding flame bout 2 inches above the custard. If you don't have a torch, you can broil, WATCH carefully! Refrigerate again for at least 2 hours, not more than 4 (topping will get soggy if left longer).