Vanilla Creme Brulée

Vanilla Creme Brulée

6 egg yolks
2 cups milk
2 cup cream
1 1/2 cups vanilla sugar
1 vanilla bean (or)
1 teaspoon pure ground vanilla (or)
1 teaspoon vanilla nectar


1. Preheat oven to 400F.

2. Grease 6 Custard cups with butter or vegetable oil spray.

3. Bring the milk to a boil. Remove & add vanilla bean or pure ground vanilla or vanilla nectar. Cover and let infuse for 20 minutes.

4. Beat eggs with sugar until creamy. Add infused milk, cream and then whisk.

5. Fill 3/4 of each custard cup and place them in a roasting pan.

6. Add 1 inch very hot water to roasting pan around the custard cups.

7. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes (10 will give you a smooth custard.) Then remove from oven and cool at room temperature.

8. Before serving, sprinkle vanilla sugar on top and broil in the oven or torch to perfection.

Serve immediately for best results. Serves 6.

Cheers,
BD

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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. ...Hmmm? .

So, how many cows does one have to milk to make this stuff anyway?????

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Steven

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Creme Brulee one of my favorites. Try 2-4 TBL fresh chopped ginger instead of the vanilla for a change. Just steep it per above instructions strain before adding to the rest of the ingred.
Cin

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Oh--have mercy on us dieters!!!

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Lynda

I have to ask - what is vanilla sugar??

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Vanilla sugar is made by taking the dry vanilla bean and cutting it into small pieces and putting it in a sealed container with regular sugar. You let it set for several weeks and the sugar will take on the flavor of vanilla. People use it to sprinkle on toast or other deserts to give them a little extra 'wow'.

Cheers,
BD

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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. ...Hmmm? .

I would just put it in the food processor and make a pouder out of it, like cinnamon. Wouldn't that work too?

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Steven

In Flower/Bud:
Phal Aurelia Franklin peloric, Paph Magic Lantern, Paph philippinense, Phal Leopard Prince x Brother Danseuse

and a few others too.

Low Bud/spike?

not really the vanilla has to be in the sugar to give it flavor. It doesn't really become a powder if put in a processor it is too moist.
Cin

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