
Creme Brulee with Warm Cherries and Chocolate Sauce
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Ingredients
Creme Brulee
- 1 cup milk
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 1 vanilla bean or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup Imperial Sugar Dark Brown Sugar
- 10 egg yolks
- For caramalizing surface: 1/3 cup Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
Cherries
- 1 pound fresh cherries
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 2 tablespoons cherry liqueur, optional
- Chocolate Ganache or Sauce
- Imperial Sugar Confectioners Powdered Sugar, for dusting
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Combine milk and cream in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Meanwhile cut vanilla bean lengthwise in half and scrape seeds out using a small knife. Place vanilla bean and its content into cream mixture and remove from heat when it reached a boil. Allow to cool for 10 minutes. If using vanilla extract add after mixture has cooled.
- Combine sugars and egg yolks in a bowl and whisk rapidly until smooth and well combined. While whisking gradually add boiled mixture.
- Set ramekins into a roasting pan. Pour crème brûlée mixture into ramekins. Pour water into roasting pan until it comes halfway up sides of ramekins.
- Place in oven and bake until center of ramekins no longer tremble. About 50 to 70 minutes, time will depend on depth of ramekins used.
- When cool enough to handle remove ramekins from roasting pan and place in refrigerator for several hours or overnight.
- Remove from refrigerator and cover surface of crème brûlée with a thin even coating of granulated sugar.
- Torch surface using a blow torch to melt and consequently caramelize sugar.
- Remove pits from cherries using a cherry/olive pitter, reserve some cherries with stem intact for decoration.
- Melt butter in a pan and add sugar. Add cherries and stir until thoroughly heated. Add liqueur if using and swirl around.
- Using a spoon, arrange cherries on crème brûlée. Decorate with fresh cherries and if desired, sprinkle with confectioners powdered sugar. Serve with warm chocolate sauce.
I thought that creme brulee was hard to make until I made this recipe. Not hard at all, and I love the cherry on top to add some texture. A great recipe.