Bittersweet Chocolate Creme Brulee
- 4 cups heavy whipping cream
- 12 cup sugar, plus
- 12 cup sugar, for caramelizing the top
- 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 8 egg yolks
- Set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 300 degrees F.
- Bring cream and 1/2 cup sugar to a boil in a nonreactive pan.
- Remove from heat, add chocolate and allow to stand 3 minutes to melt.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Whisk egg yolks into a bowl, then whisk in chocolate mixture.
- Strain inot a 2-quart gratin dish that has been placed inside a baking dish or roasting pan.
- Place pans on oven rack.
- Add warm water to the bottom pan to about half of the depth of the gratin dish.
- Bake about 1 hour, or until set.
- To test for doneness, insert a thin knife or wooden pick in the center of the custard; it should emerge clean.
- Remove baking dish from roasing pan (leave the pan of water in the oven to cool) and chill custard.
- To caramelize the top, blot any moisture from the top of the chilled custard.
- Sprinkle evenly with 1/2 cup sugar.
- place under preheated broiler, or use blow torch to caramelize.
- Refrigerate until servign within several hours of caramelizing.
heavy whipping cream, sugar, sugar, bittersweet chocolate, egg yolks
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/bittersweet-chocolate-creme-brulee-152467 (may not work)