This amazingly easy to make creme brulee is a rich and creamy custard dessert topped with hard caramelized sugar. Making creme brulee is actually not intimidating at all. You will only need 5 ingredients - cream, egg yolks, salt, vanilla extract and sugar.
1/2cupgranulated sugar (100g)+ 4 tablespoons for topping
Instructions
Preheat oven at 325 degrees F. Boil water in a pot, you will use this later to help bake the creme brulee.
In a saucepan, heat the cream in medium heat. Do not boil. Add a pinch of salt. Once hot remove from heat. Then add the vanilla extract. Stir. Let it warm.
In a large bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until light using a hand mixer. Gradually combine the warm cream to the egg mixture. Stir. Using a mesh strainer, strain the mixture into a separate bowl.
Place ramekins into a slightly deep baking pan. Pour and divide the mixture into the ramekins. Fill the pan with boiling water about halfway up outside of the ramekins. Bake for 30-45 minutes or until the edges are set and the middle part is jiggly.
Let set and cool. Refrigerate for 2 hours or more before serving.
To make the sugar crust when serving, top the custards with an even layer of sugar. Put the oven into broil. Place the custards into the topmost level rack of the oven. Broil for 5 minutes or until the sugar is caramelized.