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Home » Crème Anglaise Brûlée (Burnt Custard) Recipe

Crème Anglaise Brûlée (Burnt Custard) Recipe

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Crème Anglaise Brûlée (Burnt Custard) Recipe

If you really want to impress your friends, tell them this is "crème anglaise brûlée". It's really just custard with hardened, melted sugar on top.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Desserts and Sweets
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Custard (500 ml)
  • ¾ cup Crème Fraîche (200 ml)
  • 6 tablespoons Demerara Sugar

Instructions
 

  • Mix the custard and the crème fraîche.
  • Divide between 6 ramekin dishes. Place in freezer for at least 45 minutes.
  • Remove from freezer. Preheat grill or broiler to very high. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar over top of each.
  • When grill/broiler is ready, cook under grill/broiler until sugar bubbles and turns very dark -- anywhere from 3 to 5 minutes.
  • Remove, cool a few minutes, then place in refrigerator until ready to serve (if you need it right away, stick back in freezer for about 20 minutes.)

Notes

You can buy ready-made custard either fresh in the chillers of some supermarkets (certainly any in the UK!), or on shelves in Tetra Paks or in tins.
If all else fails, haul out that tin of Bird's -- or make your own, if you have the time that day. Or, use vanilla pudding.
If you have a kitchen blow torch, you can use that instead of putting it under the grill.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
This page first published: Nov 14, 2003 · Updated: Jan 19, 2021.

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Tagged With: British, Crème Brûlée, Custard, English, St George's Day

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