Creme Brulee

By vpitts2004

Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 4 lg egg yolks
• 2 1/2 tblsp sugar
• 1/8 teasp salt
• 1 teasp vanilla
• brown sugar for topping

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Start a kettle of water to boil.

Scald cream in a sauce pan.

In a bowl, whisk yolks until thick & creamy.

Add sugar & salt to egg yolks and whisk again.

Add hot cream a little at a time & whisk constantly.

Add vanilla.

Pour in sprayed ramkins (1/2 full).

Place baking sheet with at least a 1/2 each lip on oven rack.

Place ramkins on a baking sheet.

Pour hot water onto baking sheet around ramkins.

Bake 1 hour.

Carefully pull rack out from oven & with oven mitts remove ramkins one at a time.

Remove baking sheet with water & pour water out.

Sift brown sugar to a depth of 1/3 inch on top of each cup.

Place ramkin's back on empty baking sheet under broiler 4-5 inches from heat and broil until sugar melts & forms a hard, crunch crust top.