Have you ever caught yourself muttering “confound it!” when unexpected guests appear at the door and you suddenly have to host them? Or perhaps a pesky relation is coming over for a meal and you know you need to impress them. Either way, join Kili in this new episode of Happy Hobbit to learn how to make a fancy hobbit dish sure to impress! Recipe below.
Fancy Hobbit Crème Brûlée
Ingredients
- 500 ml (2 cups) cream heavy cream / whipping cream
- 1 vanilla bean or use 1 tsp vanilla extract (I used extract)
- 100 g (½ cup) caster sugar
- 6 egg yolks
- 6 tbsp caster sugar for sugar topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F.
- If using, split the vanilla bean in half and add to a small saucepan with the cream.
- Set the pan over medium heat.
- Once the cream starts to steam and bubble around the edges, remove from the heat.
- Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until light in color.
- Add a ladle of the hot cream and whisk into the egg yolk mixture, or slowly trickle it in as I do in the video.
- Stream in the hot cream whilst whisking continuously until everything is combined.
- Pour the custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a jug (this makes it easier to pour the custard into the ramekins).
- Set your ramekins in a deep baking dish and then fill each with the custard. I use 150-200ml (5-6oz) ramekins.
- Carefully pour boiling hot water into the baking dish until the water comes halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
- To bake the custard, place the roasting dish in a preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes until the edges are set but the center still has a slight jiggle.
- Remove from the oven and then allow to cool on a wire rack to room temperature. Transfer to the fridge and allow to set for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Once you’re ready to serve, sprinkle a tablespoon of caster sugar on top of each pot of custard and then, using a kitchen blowtorch, or dragon, caramelize the sugar.
- This can also be done under the oven’s broiler/grill but there’s always the risk of the custard softening too much or the sugar burning
- Allow the sugar to harden for a minute or two and then serve immediately.
Source: Simply Delicious Food
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