Sinful Creme Brulee Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Place about 2 tablespoons of the chocolate chips into each of four 6 ounce ramekins. Place them in the microwave, and heat on full power for 30 second intervals. Stir, and continue heating until chocolate has melted. Spread to cover the sides and bottom of each ramekin.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan, whisk together the cream, 1/4 cup sugar, and salt. Set over medium heat, and warm until steam rises from the surface. Then in a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and vanilla. When the cream is hot, ladle a little bit into the egg yolks while whisking quickly. Ladle in a bit more to bring the yolks up to a high temperature without scrambling them. Whisk the yolk mixture into the rest of the cream. Ladle into the chocolate lined ramekins.
• Place a towel in the bottom of a baking dish, and place the filled ramekins on top of the towel. Place in the oven, and pour boiling water carefully into the baking dish until it comes half way up the sides of the ramekins. Cover the dish loosely with aluminum foil.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, just until the custard is set. Remove ramekins from the dish, and refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours.
• Before serving, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar over the top of each creme brulee. Use a kitchen torch or your oven's broiler to caramelize the sugar. It may take 2 to 3 minutes in the broiler. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Beat egg yolks, 4 tablespoons white sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until thick and creamy.
• Pour cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost comes to boil. Remove the cream from heat immediately. Stir cream into the egg yolk mixture; beat until combined.
• Pour cream mixture into the top pan of a double boiler. Stir over simmering water until mixture lightly coats the back of a spoon, about 3 minutes. Remove mixture from heat immediately and pour into a shallow heat-proof dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to broil.
• In a small bowl combine remaining 2 tablespoons white sugar and brown sugar. Sift this mixture evenly over custard. Place dish under broiler until sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Watch carefully so as not to burn.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool. Refrigerate until custard is set again.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300. Have ready a flame-proof 1 quart shallow baking dish and a roasting pan that can accomodate the baking dish. Boil a kettle of water for the water bath.
• Heat the cream and half and half in a saucepan over medium heat until hot. Remove from heat.
• Whisk yolks, 1/2 cup of sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Showly add the cream mixture, whisking constantly until smooth and well blended. Add vanilla. Pour the mix through a fine strainer that's set over a bowl. This will catch any tiny chunks not blended.
• Pour the custard into the baking dish and skim any foam from the top. Transfer to the roasting pan, place in the oven and pour enough boiling water into pan to reach halfway up the sides of the baking dish. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until the custard is set around edges but still slightly jiggly in the center. CAREFUL not to over bake - the custard will set further as it cools. Remove baking dish from the water bath and let cool completly on a wire rack.
• Refrigerat the creme brulee, loosely covered with plastic wrap at least 4 hours or for a full 24 hours it must be thoroughly chilled and set .
• After the refrigeration time, preheat the broiler. Have the reoasting pan ready. and fill a bowl with ice water. Gently blot the surface of the custard with a paper towel to remove any condensation. Sift the remaining 1/4 cup sugar evenly over the custard. Place the baking dish in the roasting pan and carefully pour enough ice water into the pan to halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
• THIS IS WHERE YOU DO NOT MOVE FROM THE STOVE. Broil custard about 3 inches from heat for 2 - 3 minutes until sugar has melted and turned dark gold in color. Slowly rotate the dish so the sugar caramelizes evenly. Remove from broiler and cool the custard in the ice water for 5 minutes.
• Remove the baking dish from the baking pan. Serve immediately or refrigerate uncovered no more than 1 hour or the topping will be soggy.