White Chocolate-Cranberry Crème Brûlée
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 4 ounces white chocolate
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar, divided
- 1/2 (14-oz.) can whole-berry cranberry sauce
- Ice cubes
- Garnish: fresh cranberries with edible gold leaf (see "All That Glitters," below)
- Preheat oven to 300u0b0. Combine 1/2 cup cream and chocolate in a heavy saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and remaining 1 1/2 cups cream.
- Whisk together egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar until sugar is dissolved and mixture is thick and pale yellow. Add cream mixture, whisking until well blended. Pour mixture through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a large bowl.
- Spoon 1 1/2 Tbsp. cranberry sauce into each of 6 (4-oz.) ramekins. Pour cream mixture into ramekins; place ramekins in a large roasting pan. Add water to pan to depth of 1/2 inch.
- Bake at 300u0b0 for 45 to 55 minutes or until edges are set. Cool custards in pan on a wire rack 25 minutes. Remove ramekins from water; cover and chill 8 hours.
- Preheat broiler with oven rack 5 inches from heat. Sprinkle remaining sugar over ramekins. Fill a large roasting pan or 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan with ice; arrange ramekins in pan.
- Broil 3 to 5 minutes or until sugar is melted and caramelized. Let stand 5 minutes. Garnish, if desired.
- Test Kitchen Tip: Filling the roasting pan with ice before broiling keeps the custards cool while caramelizing the tops.
- All That Glitters. Tissue-thin flakes of edible gold leaf add instant glamour to a flurry of holiday garnishes--from fresh cranberries to shards of coarsely chopped white chocolate. It's super easy to apply--just press it on. Order online from surlatable.com, fancyflours.com, or goldleafcompany.com ($28-$41). It's a splurge, but when stored in a dry place it will last for years of celebrations to come.
whipping cream, white chocolate, vanilla, egg yolks, sugar, wholeberry, cubes, fresh cranberries
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/white-chocolate-creme-brulee (may not work)