Chocolate Creme Brulee
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- Number of Servings: 1
Ingredients
3 cups of heavy cream 4 room temperature egg yolks1 whole egg 1/3 cup of sugar4 oz. finely chopped bittersweet chocolate1 teaspoon Vanilla. * optional dusting of fine sugar
Heat heavy cream in a saucepan until scalded (bubbles around edges, but NOT boiling). Pour over bittersweet chocolate in separate bowl, mixing gently until chocolate is melted. Allow to cool.
Meanwhile, in a mixer, mix 4 room temperature egg yolks with 1 whole egg cup of sugar. Mix slowly (Do NOT beat).
Slowly add scalded cream/chocolate mixture to eggs and add 1 Vanilla. (Be careful so as NOT to scramble the eggs) Mix just till combined.
Pour into ramekins sitting in a water bath (water halfway up sides of ramekins).
Bake at 300 for 35-40 minutes (this might take longer, tops of mixture should look somewhat firm, but not totally solid).
CHILL for several hours before eating.
Just before serving, add 1 tbls extra fine sugar to top of each and use torch to melt sugar. Chill for several minutes to harden. (to make sugar very fine, grind it in a food processor for 30 seconds).
Serving Size: 6-8 1/2 cup servings
Number of Servings: 1
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PEGHOLLAND.
Meanwhile, in a mixer, mix 4 room temperature egg yolks with 1 whole egg cup of sugar. Mix slowly (Do NOT beat).
Slowly add scalded cream/chocolate mixture to eggs and add 1 Vanilla. (Be careful so as NOT to scramble the eggs) Mix just till combined.
Pour into ramekins sitting in a water bath (water halfway up sides of ramekins).
Bake at 300 for 35-40 minutes (this might take longer, tops of mixture should look somewhat firm, but not totally solid).
CHILL for several hours before eating.
Just before serving, add 1 tbls extra fine sugar to top of each and use torch to melt sugar. Chill for several minutes to harden. (to make sugar very fine, grind it in a food processor for 30 seconds).
Serving Size: 6-8 1/2 cup servings
Number of Servings: 1
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PEGHOLLAND.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 3,579.3
- Total Fat: 322.8 g
- Cholesterol: 1,982.6 mg
- Sodium: 413.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 162.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 8.0 g
- Protein: 31.4 g
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