Crème brûlée - Vondelmolen

Crème brûlée

  • 4 portions
  • €€€

Ingredients

  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 1 nob of butter
  • 40 cl cream
  • 2 x 30 g icing sugar
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 4 slices of spice cake
  • 4 tsp brown sugar
  • 1

    Pre-heat the oven to 100 °C.

  • 2

    Split the vanilla bean open and scrape out the seeds with the tip of a paring knife. Set aside the seeds.

  • 3

    Combine the butter and the cream in a saucepan, bring to the boil, along with 30 g of icing sugar and the vanilla seeds. Immediately remove from the heat when the mixture boils and set aside to cool off.

  • 4

    Pour the egg yolks into a bowl and beat with a whisk. Gradually add 30 g of icing sugar until the eggs form a white and creamy ‘ribbon’.

  • 5

    Mix the spice cake and add to the mixture. Divide the mixture into small oven dishes and bake for 35 minutes at 100 °C. Cool down for 20 minutes.

  • 6

    Sprinkle over some brown sugar and return to the oven, under the grill, to colour. Serve immediately.

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