Creme Brulee

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 8 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• vanilla extract (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat (low heat) sugar together with some water (just enough water to cover the sugar), till sugar caramelises (when it turns goldenbrown).
• 2 shock the caramel by pouring milk and cream the moment it turns the colour you want it to be, at this point add vanilla.
• 3 beat the egg yolks together and temper with the milk mixture. to do this, pour a tablespoon of the milk mixture into the egg yolks while stirring, continue with subsequent tablespoons until the egg yolks feel hand hot.
• 4 pour the egg mixture into the remaining milk mixture.
• 5 refrigerate for about an hour (opt).
• 6 preheat oven to 325 degrees farenheit, and boil some water.
• 7 arrange ramekins in a baking tin about 1cm taller then the cups.
• 8 pour into ramekins, or coffee cups, by pouring over back of a tablespoon. this will reduce the foaming.
• 9 pour boiling water into the tin, making sure the water level is the same as the egg mixture in the cups.
• 10 bake for around half an hour, or till when moved, the creme brulee jiggles.
• 11 can be served cold or hot.