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Fool proof Creme Brûlée Recipe

April 11, 2021 by Tangled with Taste 17 Comments

An easy recipe for the best creme brûlée you will ever try! This simple recipe is fool proof and tastes heavenly!

Creme Brûlée recipe. Fool proof creme brûlée that turns out amazing every time! Eggs, Cream, Vanilla: simple delicious creme brûlée perfect.

Fool Proof Creme Brûlée Recipe

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Best recipe for classic creme brûlée. Simple steps to creating the most delicious at home but restaurant worthy dessert!

What is Creme Brûlée?

In short, this is the best dessert ever of all time. It’s like kisses in food form. Or if kisses aren’t your thing, then it’s like a brand new dress that fits you perfectly (granted it won’t fit you perfectly if you eat too much creme brûlée. Haha!)

You will need:

  • Ramekins
  • Kitchen Torch
  • Rimmed Cookie Sheet

Simple Creme brûlée recipe for easy fool proof dessert. Eggs, Cream, Vanilla combined for a fool proof classic creme brûlée.

How to make Creme Brûlée 

For such an amazing dessert, it’s crazy how simple it is to make.

It only takes four simple and classic ingredients. That’s it! So you better be planning to make this as soon as you finish reading:

  • Eggs
  • Sugar
  • Creme
  • Vanilla (or other flavoring)

Simple recipe for classic creme brûlée

Should Creme Brûlée be served hot or cold?

People! Serve it cold!

For years I thought I didn’t like creme brûlée and it was because I had ordered it off the dessert menu at a restaurant and they brought it to me warm. It had not been given the time it needed to set up and it tasted like egg yolks. Runny Egg Yolks that were somehow gritty too, and then were topped with sugar.

Creme Brûlée can be made ahead of time and kept in refrigerator

You can make your this delightful dessert up to two days in advance without sacrificing flavor or texture. So if that’s what you need to do to insure it gets enough time to cool and set up, then do it. You will not regret it!

*However, one quick note: should you choose to make it ahead of time then be sure to cover it when refrigerating.

Do not, I repeat: DO NOT serve your fool proof and delicious creme brûlée hot, or it will taste like egg.

Super simple recipe for amazing creme brûlée. Creme Brûlée recipe that anyone can make.

Recipe for Fool-Proof Creme Brûlée:

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Yields 8 ramekins

Serves 8

Fool proof Creme Brûlée Recipe

Foolproof classic Creme Brûlée

10 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

41 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

    For the Custard
  • 3 cups Heavy Cream
  • 2 TBS Vanilla
  • 8 Egg Yolks
  • 1/2 cup and 1 TBS Sugar
  • For on Top
  • Superfine Sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
  2. Bring Cream and Vanilla to a simmer over medium-medium-high heat. Drop heat down to low and let simmer for two minutes.
  3. In a mixing bowl, whip sugar and egg yolks for about two minutes until it runs thick and is a pale yellow.
  4. Keep bowl going to whip yolks while you very slowly drizzle in the warm cream mixture. Be sure to do this slowly so the hot cream doesn't cook or curdle the eggs.
  5. Place baking ramekins onto a rimmed cookie sheet. Pour custard mixture into ramekins.
  6. Place tray in oven then pour water in bottom of baking sheet until it comes halfway up the ramekins.
  7. Bake for 27-30 minutes, or until just set. DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO TURN EVEN LIGHT BROWN ON TOP.
  8. Cool ramekins on countertop, then chill in refrigerator for at 3 or more hours, covered in plastic wrap.
  9. To serve
  10. Sprinkle 1-2 tablespoon super fine Sugar over each ramekin of custard; tilting the ramekin from side to side to evenly cover, then dump the excess.
  11. Use a kitchen torch to quickly (but carefully) brown the sugar. There should be a thin, crisp surface of burned sugar on the top of your custard.
  12. Top with berries and serve immediately!
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Creme brûlée: an easy recipe for the best creme brûlée you will ever try! This simple creme brûlée recipe is fool proof and tastes heavenly!

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Comments

  1. Juliette says

    February 1, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    You are funny, I had a good laugh.😆
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      February 4, 2021 at 3:32 pm

      Hahaha! Thanks! I'm a hot mess, but my food tastes great!!!
      Reply
  2. Nat shoe says

    November 14, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    I made this , this morning for tonight’s dinner. And it didn’t set.... the top kind of tastes like creme bulee and underneath is very runny. Can I rescue this? Maybe cook it more? Not sure what I did wrong:(
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      November 16, 2020 at 1:13 pm

      It's undercooked! Sometimes if your egg yolks are small then you need one extra egg yolk or to cook for a longer time. Also, is your rack to close to the top of your oven? if the tops are cooking but the bottom is runny, then that might be the problem. You want to pull the custards from the oven when they're set around the edges, but still just a little bit wobbly towards the centers.
      Reply
  3. Nika says

    November 1, 2020 at 10:44 am

    Oh How I wish I saw your recipe first. But I found it now while trying to find a reason why mine turned light brown on top (when i first took it out it was still super wiggly and seemed too runny). I had it in for 40mins. The other recipe only warned me about undercooking the custard ah. It also formed some bubbles on top while baking, is it possible that those are from whisking the eggs too much?
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      November 1, 2020 at 8:22 pm

      Bubbles on top happen pretty regularly. you can strain the custard before pouring into the ramekins and that will minimize the bubbling. I don't do that only because once you pour the sugar on and brûlée it, the bubbles aren't noticeable. Try this recipe sometime!!! You will love it :)
      Reply
      • nika says

        November 2, 2020 at 1:53 am

        It did turn out perfectly tastewise to be honest, despite it being more yellow than what i'm used to from the restaurants. I just need to figure out the torch now - I couldn't melt without burning (i did use powdered brown sugar as that is all i had left if that makes a difference). Will try your recipe next time and report back :))
        Reply
        • Tangled with Taste says

          November 11, 2020 at 11:44 pm

          Yes! It was the brown sugar. It's not gonna harden the right way. You'll definitely wanna top it with a superfine white d=sugar to get that delightful crisp but thin top. :)
          Reply
  4. Tina Restoto says

    August 27, 2020 at 9:52 am

    Hi there!! Can’t wait to try this recipe tomorrow. I made creme brûlée yesterday but it taste sooo eggy!! What did i do wrong? Why mine was so eggy? I am kinda afraid to try again cos i live in a small place in Indonesia where it’s not east to find heavy cream. Looking forward for your problem resolution
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      September 9, 2020 at 1:12 pm

      Hi Tina! did you use this recipe? The brûlée can taste eggy if you add the cream too quickly or if you cook the custard too long. Usually it's from overcooking. You want to remove the creme brûlée from the oven when it's starting to set up but is still slightly jiggly like Jello. It finishes setting up while cooling and in the fridge.
      Reply
      • Tina Restoto says

        September 12, 2020 at 5:44 am

        Thank you for the tips! I’am going to make it using your recipe. Will let u know if this time i’d get it right. Thank you again!😉
        Reply
  5. Olya says

    April 20, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    Oh that looks delicious and also your photography is beyond beautiful!!!
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      April 21, 2020 at 12:18 am

      Thank you!!! It's my favorite ever ever ever!!!
      Reply
  6. Sara says

    May 19, 2018 at 11:05 pm

    Ok, just made this recipe tonight. It is so easy! We're eating them tomorrow and I just can't wait! It really is fool proof! I always thought Creme Brûleé was too hard to make at home.
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      May 20, 2018 at 8:35 pm

      Isn't it fantastic!!! You're gonna love it! Thanks for trusting me :). You won't regret it!
      Reply
  7. christacleveland says

    May 19, 2018 at 1:05 am

    oh my gosh! Hilarious!! I'm dying for you!!
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      May 19, 2018 at 12:40 pm

      Hahaha! Right!!! 😬😬😬
      Reply

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