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Crème brûlée

creme-brulee · custard · French

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A baked or chilled rich custard under a burned sugar crust. Uses the advanced crème anglaise family as its custard idea, enriched with cream.

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Vanilla-bean crème anglaise 400 g · component · structure
Whole milk284 g · ingredient · liquid
Tempered egg yolk 57 g · preparation · structure
Egg yolk19 g · ingredient · structure
Scalded milk 38 g · preparation · liquid
Whole milk38 g · ingredient · liquid
Sugar57 g · ingredient · sweetener
Vanilla extract3 g · ingredient · seasoning
Heavy cream100 g · ingredient · liquid
Sugar40 g · ingredient · sweetener
Hard-crack sugar 25 g · preparation · structure
Soft-crack sugar 25 g · preparation · sweetener
Hard-ball sugar 25 g · preparation · sweetener
Firm-ball sugar 25 g · preparation · sweetener
Soft-ball sugar 25 g · preparation · sweetener
Sugar syrup 25 g · preparation · sweetener
Sugar19 g · ingredient · sweetener
Water6 g · ingredient · liquid

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