Vera's Recipes

Eggs & Cheese

Clinkerdagger's Burnt Creme

Eggs & Cheese
Serves 6
5 ingredients
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Ingredients

  • 1 pint whipping cream
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp topping granulated sugar per cup

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat the cream over low heat until bubbles form around the edge of the pan. Beat the egg yolks and sugar together until thick and yellow (about 3 minutes). Beating constantly, pour the cream in a steady stream into the egg yolks. Add the vanilla and pour into custard cups.
  2. Place the cups in a baking pan that has from 1/2 inch to 1 inch of boiling water in the bottom. Bake 45 minutes. Remove the custard cups from the water and refrigerate until chilled (about 2 hours).
  3. Sprinkle each cup with 2 teaspoons granulated sugar. Place on the top rack under the broiler and broil until the sugar topping is medium brown (or scorch with a blow-torch, Julia Child style). Refrigerate before serving.

Notes

Serves 6.

Original card

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