# Crème Brûlée

A classic French dessert with a rich custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar.

- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups cream
- 1 pinch salt
- vanilla
- 5 egg yolks
- 0.5 cup sugar
- sugar

## Instructions

1. Take two cups of cream, a pinch of salt, and vanilla.
2. Bring the cream mixture to a simmer and let it steep for five minutes.
3. Take five egg yolks and a half cup of sugar.
4. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until smooth.
5. Very slowly add the hot cream a little bit at a time to the egg mixture. If you add it too much at once, it will scramble.
6. Add the mixture to ramekins and place them in a dish with boiling water halfway up.
7. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes until it wiggles in the middle, but the edges shouldn't wiggle.
8. Set the crème brûlée overnight.
9. Top with some sugar and either blow torch it to caramelize or place it under a broiler for about a minute or two.

## Equipment

- ramekins
- dish
- blow torch
- broiler
- whisk

## Tips

- Slowly add hot cream to egg yolks to prevent scrambling.
- Bake until the middle wiggles but the edges do not.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89tMG6Y/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/751eb054-8e43-47c2-a9d0-75df12e330a0
- Extracted: 2026-02-14

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