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    Home » Desserts » Crème Brûlée: Easy and Accessible to all

    Crème Brûlée: Easy and Accessible to all

    Published: Jan 28, 2014 · Modified: May 1, 2022 by Mélanie · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    French Crèmes brûlées in a white dish with a spoon that cracked the caramelized top

    French crème brûlée: I think it is about time that somebody demystifies this recipe!  That amazing crème de la crème with a caramelized topping.  Mmh... I am sure you want one now and I will help you to make that happen.   Promise.

    Although the whole process is simple. I made a Youtube video tutorial to explain it all step by step.

    When I tell people who I prepared a crème brûlée, they are always ''wowed'' and think I am a super chef because of that.  And sometimes because I am French too.

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    While I am happy to take that credit and those compliments, I have to share the secret with you, it is way too simple.  My go-to-recipe is FROM a book!  Of course, I am like you.  I am not going to re-invente the wheel, especially when it is just perfect.

    The book I am referring to is in French so I will have to translate it but to be fair and give the credit to the right person, here are, some details of it ''Café gourmand'' from Sandra Lucchini and Stéphane Glacier - SAEP.  Even if you do not read French, look it up, the pictures are really mouth-watering.

    French Crèmes brûlées in a white dish with a spoon that cracked the caramelized top

    There.  You have it.  You can now prepare a real crème brûlée like a French chef!  Cocorico!  I forgot to mention that the preparation before going in the oven is about 10-15 minutes, you really have no excuses now.

    French Crèmes brûlées in a white dish with a spoon that cracked the caramelized top
    French Crèmes brûlées in a white dish with a spoon that cracked the caramelized top
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    5 from 2 votes

    Classic French Crème Brûlée

    Demystified French Crème brûlée in a Youtube tutorial, the fancy but easy dessert that will impress everyone with its caramelized top!
    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time45 mins
    Total Time1 hr 5 mins
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: French
    Servings: 6 ramekins
    Calories: 282kcal
    Author: Mélanie

    Ingredients

    • 250 ml Heavy Cream 35%
    • 250 ml Milk
    • 5 Egg yolks Large
    • ½ cup Sugar 100g
    • 1 bean Vanilla

    Instructions

    • Prepare your ingredients.
    • Bring the milk to boil with the vanilla, if that is the flavour you chose.
    • Remove from the stove and add the cold cream to the milk.
    • Beat the eggs with the sugar.
    • Stir well.
    • Add the milk/cream to the mixture.
    • Stir well.
    • Take a baking sheet that has little borders, place your ramequins filled up with the preparation.
    • Bake bain-marie (add water on the baking sheet so the ramequins are baking in water so it's a water-bath basically). Bake for 45 minutes at 300F.
    • Allow to cool down and keep refrigerate for 2 hours. Sprinkle some sugar on top of the crème and with a baking torch, caramelize it. Otherwise, the book says that you can broil it in the oven for 4 minutes.

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    Nutrition

    Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 224mg | Sodium: 41mg | Potassium: 103mg | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 896IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Edit December 2018: YouTube tutorial available + Important update at the end of the recipe!

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    1. cuisto-jéjé says

      January 28, 2014 at 12:37 pm

      5 stars
      c'est vrai que c'est une recette facile a faire !! n'ayez pas peur =) (petite astuce: on peut y ajouter un arôme pour diversifier café, chocolat ou même des carambar ^^)

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      • bonappeteatdotca says

        January 28, 2014 at 12:57 pm

        Merci Jeje :) en effet, j ai ecrit qu on pouvait aromatiser a son gout!

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