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Lemony Creme Brulee

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France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. 2 c Heavy cream
  2. 6 tb Brown sugar
  3. Grated rind of 1 lemon
  4. 3/4 c Sugar
  5. 6 Egg yolks
  6. 2/3 c Milk
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Grill and open flame. Keep sleeves, hair and tea towels away from the flame, and stay with the grill while it's lit. Barbecue outdoors only, never in a closed space.
  • Hot sugar. Hot sugar sticks to skin and burns far hotter than boiling water: don't touch or taste it. Keep a bowl of cold water close, and keep children away while it cooks.

Method

  1. Heat heavy cream and lemon rind until almost boiling. Strain. Cream yolks with sugar until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Slowly pour hot cream into yolk/sugar mix, stirring gently. Pour mixture into ungreased oven proof custard cups. Bake in a bain marie at 350 F (150 C) for about 50 minutes, until custard is set. Remove from oven, cool to room temperature and refrigerate overnight, covered.
  2. Traditional serving suggestion: place cooled custard cups on a baking sheet. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly but sparingly over the surface of the custards. Place under a very hot broiler until the sugar just melts, about 1 minute. Wait another 1 minute and serve. The sugar should be warm and crispy, and the custard cool and smooth.
  3. Note: I think this custard is better served cold, without the melted brown sugar on top of it.
  4. Gabi Shahar, April 1994.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grill or grill pan
  • Baking tray
  • Grater
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
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Credit

Saved from www.armchairpatriot.com (http://www.armchairpatriot.com/COMBO%20RECIPES/Meal%20Master%20Recipes/3000KZ.txt), file Recipes/www.armchairpatriot.com/COMBO RECIPES/Meal Master Recipes/3000KZ.txt in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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