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Hey TL!
It's time for another recipe! In this edition of food porn, we're taking on the classic dessert dish, crème brûlée!
As always, all the images and text are taken directly from my blog (eatgamelive.com). So please, ignore the silly names. :D
Prep Time: 30min
Cook time: 45min
Serves: ~6 people (just makes 6 creme brulees, they're pretty smallish though)
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup (~226 grams) of sugar
- 1 table spoon of vanilla extract (real vanilla is better, but it is fairly pricey)
- 3 1/2 cups (~828 ml) of heavy cream
- 6 egg yolks
TOOLS
6 small ramekins
1 butane torch (if you don’t want to go out and buy a torch, you can try burning the sugar by placing them under a broiler)
PROCEDURE
- Pre-heat your oven to 325°F (~163°C).
- Separate your egg yolks. You can do this by cracking open an egg and slowly passing the yolk from shell to shell over a small bowl. Place all separated yolks in a separate bowl.
- Once you’ve separated all of the yolks, add 1/2 cup of your sugar into the eggs.
- Beat until the mixture becomes thick.
- Place a saucepan on medium heat.
- Add your cream to the pan.
- Add your vanilla extract to the cream.
- Allow the cream to get hot, but not hot enough to boil.
- Remove cream from heat and slowly add the cream to your egg mixture.Try using a ladle to slowly add the cream to the egg mixture.
- Stir your egg mixture as you add the cream.
- Pour cream and egg mixture into ramekins.
- Place the ramekins in a baking dish.
- Pour water into the baking dish. There should be enough water to cover the ramekins more than half way.
- Place baking dish in the oven.
- Let the crème brûlée bake for about 45 minutes.
- Remove crème brûlée from the oven and let cool on the counter for about 30 minutes.
- Place crème brûlée in the refrigerator for about an hour and a half.
- When ready to serve, distribute the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar among the ramekins.
- Use a torch to burn the sugar until it caramelizes.
![[image loading]](http://kierpanda.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/blog_cremebrulee_done2.jpg)
Yum :D
Also, if you have some extra time, you can make this silly stencil:
![[image loading]](http://kierpanda.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/blog_cremebrulee_terran.jpg)
Thanks for reading!
You can find the full blog post at my blog here.
 
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Food Blogs are always a "5" (♥_♥).
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That's the real recipe ! Alas, too many restaurants use whole eggs or add some milk instead of using only heavy cream.
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<3 creme brulee
not very healthy though :\
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Looks absolutely delish 
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Will a cigarette lighter work in place of a butane torch?
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Daaaayum that's a lot of sugar/fatty stuff haha, no wonder it's supposed to be so good :3
Looks AMAZING wtf, like a peach or something :o
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50864 Posts
I'm trying to put my spoon through the monitor but I still can't touch that brûlée...am I doing it wrong?
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United States33592 Posts
On August 20 2012 14:12 aRyuujin wrote:
<3 creme brulee
not very healthy though :\
it's called food porn, go away
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On August 20 2012 15:02 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 14:12 aRyuujin wrote:
<3 creme brulee
not very healthy though :\ it's called food porn, go away
Porn is healthy though.
No really!
Is there any way to incorporate Brown rice into this to ruin it for wax?
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On August 20 2012 13:28 endy wrote:
That's the real recipe ! Alas, too many restaurants use whole eggs or add some milk instead of using only heavy cream.
Aww. That's lame. 
I never order creme brulee at restaurants because I'm just like "what! this is $6? I can just make it myself. pffft"
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On August 20 2012 15:07 Hypemeup wrote:Show nested quote +On August 20 2012 15:02 Waxangel wrote:On August 20 2012 14:12 aRyuujin wrote:
<3 creme brulee
not very healthy though :\ it's called food porn, go away Porn is healthy though. No really! Is there any way to incorporate Brown rice into this to ruin it for wax?
Maybe.
Flavor it with brown rice!
(though I've tried making this recipe with stevia instead of sugar. results were meh.)
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United States10380 Posts
stencil is 5/5
rest of this blog is 10/5.
omnomnomnomnom...
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Wasn't this already posted before?
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God damn, I was actually working on this but you beat me to it. But since I haven't written a food blog in weeks I can't blame you.
Looks great.
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Katowice25012 Posts
I don't know what to think about this without Wax's review and he has forsaken me.
Forsaken us all.
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Hellion Brulee always wins!
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On August 20 2012 19:44 Le French wrote:
Hellion Brulee always wins!
lol is GG.Nore still around?
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I never read the text in these. Just look at the pretty pictures.
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Creme brulee OP!
I once had creme brulee with extra caramel on top of its already hardened sugar crust. It was absolutely out of this world!
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Been meaning to try creme bruleé but I don't have a torch to scorch it -.- Nice pics! 5/5 as usual.
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On August 21 2012 00:16 UltimateHurl wrote:
Been meaning to try creme bruleé but I don't have a torch to scorch it -.- Nice pics! 5/5 as usual.
You can try putting the creme brulee under a broiler (some ovens have a broiler function). It'll take a bit longer, though.
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wont the eggs split, when you cook them at 160c?
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On August 20 2012 16:01 Dubzex wrote:
Wasn't this already posted before?
On July 21 2012 14:59 kierpanda wrote:Show nested quote +On July 21 2012 14:56 Probe1 wrote:
lol MC looks adorably complacent. That's a cute trick to make dusting stencils, thank you for sharing it. He looks the same in my boyfriend's picture...except my boyfriend is wearing a Terran TL shirt. Lawl :D No problem! I used the same trick to make a Terran stencil for creme brulee: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Kl4zM.jpg) Except I totally failed in the fact that I neglected to consider that sugar melts and loses it form heat is applied... Yeah. Oh well.
Found it
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OMFG I LOVE CREME BRULEE!!! BECOME MY PERSONAL CHEF ! Always love browsing your food porn blogs,
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On August 21 2012 03:50 Dubzex wrote:Show nested quote +On July 21 2012 14:59 kierpanda wrote:On July 21 2012 14:56 Probe1 wrote:
lol MC looks adorably complacent. That's a cute trick to make dusting stencils, thank you for sharing it. He looks the same in my boyfriend's picture...except my boyfriend is wearing a Terran TL shirt. Lawl :D No problem! I used the same trick to make a Terran stencil for creme brulee: Except I totally failed in the fact that I neglected to consider that sugar melts and loses it form heat is applied... Yeah. Oh well. Found it
Haha but I didn't post the recipe before!
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stop making so many delicious foods, you are making us jealous.
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Looks great; Taste horrible. Could never get into creme brulee.
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i dun wanna sound dum, but whats a ramekin???
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we need pictures of the MC lookalike boyfriend i think
doing some gangnam style preferably, unless i misunderstood that and it means that they have the same expression. oh well.
5/5 as usual, ill crash a friend's house and try it sometime
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On August 22 2012 05:29 snively wrote:
i dun wanna sound dum, but whats a ramekin???
A small ceramic or metal bowl that is ovenproof.
![[image loading]](http://www.bryanchina.com/Accessories/Ramekin_F1.jpg)
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as a note to your procedure.
Saucepan of vanilla and creme should be going before you mix the sugar and eggs. If you let the eggs sit too long or whisk to much the sugar will cook them.
You should also emphasize that when pouring water into the pan the ramekins sit in to be insanely careful not to accidently splash water into the custard or it won't cook properly. (that reason is why almost universally in kitchens ramekins are put in the pan after water is added).
Also, for best tasting creme brulee letting it stay in the fridge for closer to 12-16 hours gives a better taste.
Do love that you made this blog though, love delicious creme brulee
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Good way to use the "unwanted" egg yolks nowadays I guess (not that it makes it any healthier but at least it's moving it to something decadent)
I heard a study recently saying egg yolk has a similar effect on the arteries [hardening] as smoking does.
On August 21 2012 15:17 slytown wrote:
Looks great; Taste horrible. Could never get into creme brulee.
I haven't tried this specific recipe, but I tend to agree with you in general — creme brulee is cool and looks neat, but doesn't taste that special (doesn't taste horrible though)
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On August 22 2012 11:45 Xapti wrote:Good way to use the "unwanted" egg yolks nowadays I guess (not that it makes it any healthier but at least it's moving it to something decadent) I heard a study recently saying egg yolk has a similar effect on the arteries [hardening] as smoking does. Show nested quote +On August 21 2012 15:17 slytown wrote:
Looks great; Taste horrible. Could never get into creme brulee. I haven't tried this specific recipe, but I tend to agree with you in general — creme brulee is cool and looks neat, but doesn't taste that special (doesn't taste horrible though)
There is a lot of variance in them; you can add flavorings to the custard to spice it up a bit (such as nougat, praline or hazelnut) which imo makes it 6x nicer. If the sugar is burned it becomes bitter which ruins the whole thing, so that can make a big difference.
There was a fad for making the custardy bit lavender flavour for a while but luckily it's gone out of fashion.
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EPT![[image loading]](http://kierpanda.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/blog_cremebrulee_title.jpg)
