Creme Brulee By Stacey And Jo Recipes

CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Beat egg yolks, 4 tablespoons white sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until thick and creamy.
• Pour cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost comes to boil. Remove the cream from heat immediately. Stir cream into the egg yolk mixture; beat until combined.
• Pour cream mixture into the top pan of a double boiler. Stir over simmering water until mixture lightly coats the back of a spoon, about 3 minutes. Remove mixture from heat immediately and pour into a shallow heat-proof dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to broil.
• In a small bowl combine remaining 2 tablespoons white sugar and brown sugar. Sift this mixture evenly over custard. Place dish under broiler until sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Watch carefully so as not to burn.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool. Refrigerate until custard is set again.

CREME BRULEE - BY STACEY AND JO

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine the cream, milk and vanilla. Heat to boil. Remove from heat, steep 10 minutes. After 10 minutes scrape vanilla bean seeds into milk mixture. With electric mixer, combine eggs and sugar. Add milk mixture in a steady stream. Strain and skim foam. Pour into ramekins set in a baking dish with hot water around ramekins.
• Bake 325 degrees F fo 25-30 minutes.
• Sprinkle tops with sugar and use a small torch to brown the sugar, this could be done in broiler.