creme brulee

How To Make creme brulee

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 325 F.
• Step 2
  Place Heavy Cream in a 2 qt sauce pan. Split vanilla bean in half, lengthwise. Scrape "paste" (seeds) with back of knife and add to cream. Add bean pod to cream.
• Step 3
  Bring cream mixture to a boil. Remove from heat, cover and allow to sit for 15 mins.
• Step 4
  While cream mixture rests, add 1/2 cup vanilla sugar and all 6 yolks to a medium bowl. Whisk just until color starts to lighten.
• Step 5
  Place hand towel in bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish and arrange 6 (7-8 oz) ramekins on towel.
• Step 6
  Remove vanilla bean pod from cream. SLOWLY add cream to egg mixture, whisking CONSTANTLY. (see note #2)
• Step 7
  Ladel mixture evenly into the ramekins.
• Step 8
  Add enough hot water to come half way up the side of the ramekins.(see note #3) Carefully place the pan, uncovered, in the oven and bake 40 - 45 minutes until the creme brulee is set but still trembling in the center.
• Step 9
  Remove ramekins from the baking pan and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours - 3 days.
• Step 10
  30 minutes before serving, remove from the refrigerator and allow to warm slightly. Sprinkle a rounded tablespoon of the remaining vanilla sugar onto the top of each creme brulee.
• Step 11
  With a propane torch, use constant motion to warm the sugar, and slowly melt it. Tilt and rotate the ramekin to allow the molten sugar to spread evenly across the top. As soon as sugar takes on a "caramel" color, stop heating and allow to cool for a few minutes. (This allows the melted sugar to harden into a "caramel glass").
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