Earl Grey Creme Brulée
Classy Creme Brulée lends itself to the tea infusion of earthy Earl Grey for a dessert for two which can easily be made ahead to make that famous caramelized sugar topping for serving time.
Servings 2
Calories 484kcal
Ingredients
- 177 milliliters / ¾ cup pouring cream
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons loose earl gray or 2 tea bags
- 54 grams / 3 large egg yolks room temperature
- 50 grams / ¼ cup superfine/caster sugar plus 8 grams / ½ tablespoon for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 150C/325F.
- Place the cream, salt and earl grey tea into saucepan on medium heat until simmering at the edges and hot, approximately 3 minutes.
- In the meantime, place the egg yolks and sugar into a bowl and whisk until the eggs are pale and the mixture is thick.
- Remove the cream from the heat and set aside for five minutes to steep, and cool.
- Discard the earl gray tea from the hot cream.
- Slowly pour the warm cream into the pale eggs, whisking to incorporate a quarter at a time until it is completely combined.
- Place your ramekins into a larger baking dish, pouring half the earl gray cream mixture into each.
- Boil water and pour the water ? up the sides of the pie dish into the large baking tray.
- Place in the oven until only the centers are jiggly, approximately 40 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Place in the fridge for minimum 1 hour to chill.
- Remove when ready to serve and sprinkle a further 2 tablespoons sugar evenly over the top.
- Carefully caramelize the top with a blowtorch or under a grill/broiler.
- Serve and tap to enjoy!
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Notes
- Earl Grey tea: Loose leaf is used here for an easy infusion that doesn't contain any tea bag nasties (if you aren't aware about this and love tea, definitely do some research). Earl grey tea bags are a fantastic substitute also.
- Ramekins: ¾ cup capacity ramekins were used and are best to give every person who is served a chance to tap tap and break their own sugar topping.
- Blowtorch: A blowtorch will dissolve that sugar and give you that golden topping. If you don’t have one, simply place under the oven broil or grill to caramelize within 2 hours of serving.
- Best served: This is best served within 2 hours of caramelizing. You can absolutely make and refrigerate up to 1 day before serving and caramelize just prior to serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 484kcal