Super Easy Creme Brulee
A community recipe by ChrisRSANot tested or verified by Nigella.com
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Preheat the oven to 180°C. Beat the egg yolks, add the sugar a little bit at a time. Beat until light colour and thick in mass. Cut the vanilla pod open and scrape the seeds out with a sharp knife. Mix the seeds and cream into the egg mixture. Now pour the mixture into ramekins. Put the ramekins in a large oven proof dish, poor cold water into the dish (about 3cm high). Bake the mixture for 30 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool. Now place in fridge for about 2 hours or over night. Before serving sprinkle castor sugar over each ramekin and caramelise either with a gas burner or under the grill in a very hot oven. Et viola.x
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Beat the egg yolks, add the sugar a little bit at a time. Beat until light colour and thick in mass. Cut the vanilla bean open and scrape the seeds out with a sharp knife. Mix the seeds and cream into the egg mixture. Now pour the mixture into ramekins. Put the ramekins in a large oven proof dish, poor cold water into the dish (about 3cm high). Bake the mixture for 30 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool. Now place in fridge for about 2 hours or over night. Before serving sprinkle castor sugar over each ramekin and caramelise either with a gas burner or under the grill in a very hot oven. Et viola.x
Introduction
This recipe is from my favorite cook book.Everything in the book only uses 5 ingredients!It makes 4 portions.
This recipe is from my favorite cook book.Everything in the book only uses 5 ingredients!It makes 4 portions.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
Metric
Cups
- 4 egg yolks
- 40 millilitres sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 250 millilitres cream
- caster sugar (enough to sprinkle on top)
- 4 egg yolks
- 1⅖ fluid ounces sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
- 8⅘ fluid ounces cream
- superfine sugar (enough to sprinkle on top)
Method
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Show more commentsIn over 45 years of marriage I have never made a successful creme brulee. Finally, Nigella gave me a creme brulee that was super easy, decadent, delicious and perfect! Thank you, thank you , thank you, I now can call myself a COOK!
ChrisRSA, what is the name of the book you got this recipe from? Thanks!
This truly is a very easy and delicious Creme Brulee. i also added a generous teaspoon of Grand Marnier, delish!
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Should I heat the cream in this recipe? I've tried it once and it worked really well but was a bit loose. Should I have cooked it for longer? Thanks!