Easy Crème Brulee

Crème Brulee is one of those desserts that look very sophisticated but are actually pretty simple if done right. I always used to think that I could never make one because I don’t have a blow torch but I’m glad to be proved wrong. Make simple crème brulee at home this quarantine period.


You will need:


1 cup milk

1 tablespoon vanilla essence

1 egg yolk

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon corn starch


The preparation time can go anywhere from 5 – 10 minutes but you will need a good couple of hours for the custard to chill in the refrigerator.


Instructions


For the custard: 

1. Start with pouring your milk in a pot over the stove on medium heat
2. Pour in the ½ cup sugar or depending on your liking
3. Pour in the vanilla essence
4. Keep stirring the mixture
5. Crack an egg and put the egg yolk in a bowl
6. Put in the corn starch and whisk
7. Now, pour in a little bit of the milk, sugar and vanilla essence mixture and whisk.  Then, add the egg mixture back into the pot.
8. Keep whisking; the batter will thicken on low heat.
9. Let the custard simmer for a while.
10. Sieve the custard into a bowl or cup of your liking.
11. Let it cool at room temperature for 5 – 10 minutes then put in the refrigerator to chill.
12.  After 3 – 4 hours, take your custard out.

For the sugar layer:

1. Take a pan and about ½ cup sugar.
2. Pour the sugar onto the pan over high heat and stir the sugar. Keep a close eye on it so you don’t burn it
3. The sugar will look into this dark, gooeey mixture. This is what we want.
4.  Pour the melted sugar directly over your custard.
5. Wait a few minutes until the sugar hardens.
6.  Crack open your crème brulee to dig in!

Go ahead, try this sugary creamy goodness!