Creme Brulee...With A Little Brown Sugar
- 8 ounces dark brown sugar
- 1 quart cream
- 1 vanilla bean, opened and seeds scraped
- 8 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup sugar
- dry out brown sugar in 200 degree oven for 3 hours, allow to cool and grind into a powder in food processor
- combine cream, vanilla bean and scrapings and bring just to a simmer, take off the heat and allow to cool for 20 minutes.
- combine yolks and sugar. Pour a little of the warm cream into egg yolks and stir to temper. Then pour in the rest and combine. Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a pitcher.
- arrange 6 deeper sided circular 6 ounce ramekins in 9 x 13 baking dish.rnFill ramekins with custard. Pour boiling water into 9 x 13 dish so the water rises at least halfway up ramekins. Bake in 300 oven for about 35 minutes until edges are set and center jiggles like jelly.
- To serve add powdered brown sugar on top and tilt to get an even layer. Place under broiler and watch until caramelized.
brown sugar, cream, vanilla bean, egg yolks, sugar
Taken from food52.com/recipes/24006-creme-brulee-with-a-little-brown-sugar (may not work)