Vanilla Caramel Chocolate Custard or Creme Brulee
Ingredients:
2 cups heavy cream
6 Bigelow Vanilla Caramel Tea
Bags
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely grated
6 egg yolks
½ cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
Yield: Serves 6
Instructions:
Quite emphatically one of the most delicious custard or
creme brulee you'll ever taste! Bigelow's Vanilla Caramel Tea
imparts complex, complementary notes to the bittersweet chocolate
and creamy custard. If you have the torch to melt sugar on top,
then by all means add that final crisp sugar topping. Without it,
it's still perfection.
Preheat the oven to 300ºF. Bring a kettle of water to a
boil.
In a small saucepan, gently heat the cream until tiny bubbles form
at the edge of the pan. Add the tea bags, infuse for 4 minutes,
then remove them to a small strainer and using the back of a spoon,
press to extract as much tea as possible back into the saucepan.
Turn off the heat, whisk the chocolate into the cream, then set
aside.
Combine the egg yolks with ½-cup of sugar in a medium bowl
and beat until the yolks are pale yellow and slightly thickened.
Slowly whisk in the cream. Divide the liquid among 6 custard cups
or individual ramekins. Place the filled cups in a large baking
dish. Pour enough boiling water into the baking dish to come
halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Bake in the oven until the
custards are set around the edge but a little wobbly at the center,
about 50 minutes to 1 hour. Remove and let them cool in their water
bath. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or
overnight.
Make the sugar topping. Before serving, sprinkle the remaining
sugar evenly over the custards. If you have a propane torch, heat
the sugar until it bubbles and browns. Or, position the broiler
rack as close to the heat as possible and broil until sugar melts
and forms a hard top. Watch carefully that it does not burn. Remove
and let stand a few minutes before serving.
Nutritional Information:
Calories 528
Total Fat 48.4
Saturated Fat 28.9g
Unsaturated Fat 16.9g
Trans Fat 1.4g
Protein 5g
Carbohydrates 20.5g
Fiber 0g
Cholesterol 367.8mg
Sodium 53.1mg
Potassium 138.5mg