Creme Brulee

When you love baking, you have to try making creme brulee. It's the silent code of baking.haha..kidding..anyway, i baked one and here's how i do it.

Ingredients

6 egg yolks
6 tbsp white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
2 1/2 cups heavy cream (I used whipping cream)
2 tbsp brown sugar


Method

1. Preheat oven to 300F ( 150C ).
2. Beat egg yolks, white sugar and vanilla in a bowl until thick and creamy.
3. Pour 1cup of cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost come to boil. Remove cream from heat.
4. Stir cream into egg yolk mixture and whisk briefly.
5. Pour the cream/yolk mixture into the rest of the cream and whisk.
6. Skim the foam and pour the mixture into ramekins and place in a baking dish.
7. Place baking dish in oven and pour hot water in the dish until it comes halfway up the ramekins.
8. Bake at 375 F (180C ) for 15 - 30 minutes or until it has the gelatin like jiggle.
9. Remove from oven, cool in bath water for about 15minutes.
10. Place ramekins in freezer for an hour then you can transfer it to the fridge until serving time.
11. Sprinkle the top with sugar and brown sugar.
12. Torch the sugar until it caramelized. Be carefull not to burn.
13. Serve immediately.
    

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You can use coffee cups if you do not have ramekins.
You can use a broiler if you do not have a torch.