Italian Style Crème Brûlée Food

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.

ITALIAN-STYLE CRèME BRûLéE RECIPE

Steps:

• Beat pudding mixes, milk, half-and-half and wine in medium bowl with whisk 2 min.
• Pour into 1-qt. shallow baking dish. Refrigerate 15 min.
• Heat broiler. Mix sugars; sprinkle over pudding. Broil, 3 inches from heat, 3 to 5 min. or until sugars are melted and caramelized. Let stand 5 min. Top with fruit. Serve immediately.

CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Combine first three ingredients in medium saucepan and scald.
• Remove from heat.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together yolks and vanilla, ladling in some of hot cream mix. Next, whisk eggs into rest of cream in saucepan.
• Stir in 1/2 cup sugar and brown sugar until dissolved.
• Pour into 6 ramekins, filling about 3/4 full.
• Bake at 325 degrees in water bath (so water is about 2/3 up the side of ramekins) for about 45 minutes or until set.
• Chill and sprinkle with sugar and slide under broiler until sugar caramelizes.
• Serve in ramekins on a plate swirled with caramel sauce.

CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Combine sugar and cream in a heavy saucepan; cook over medium heat until sugar melts and mixture simmers. Remove from heat.
• Combine egg yolks and vanilla in a small bowl and whisk. Gradually stir 1/4 of cream mixture into yolks. Then add to the rest of the cream.
• Pour custard into 8 small ramekins. Place ramekins in a baking pan. Add about 1 inch water to pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
• Chill until ready to serve.
• Sprinkle the brown sugar on top of the custards and broil until the sugar is melted. About 3 minutes.