Mmm... White Chocolate Creme Brulee

"This recipe came from my friend Duncan. He said, "I have a yummy tasty White Chocolate Creme Brulee that is fabulously easy to make. I'm not a big fan of white chocolate and I love this." He got it from the Portobello Yacht Club."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
4-7
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ingredients

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directions

  • Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 300 degrees F.
  • Whisk egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar in a medium bowl.
  • Bring cream and the remaining 1/4 cup sugar to simmer in heavy medium saucepan; reduce heat to low.
  • Gradually add chopped white chocolate to the cream mixture and whisk until smooth.
  • Gradually whisk the hot white chocolate mixture into yolk mixture, then whisk in vanilla.
  • Pour the mixture through a fine sieve, then ladle custard into four 10-oz custard cups (if you use 4 oz ramekins, it will fill about 7 of them).
  • Place the filled cups in large baking pan and add enough hot water to pan to come halfway up sides of cups.
  • Bake at 300 degrees F until the custards are set in the center, about 1 hour.
  • Carefully remove the custards from water and let cool.
  • Cover (plastic wrap works fine) and refrigerate.
  • Just before serving, preheat the broiler.
  • Sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon sugar over each custard.
  • Broil until the sugar caramelizes, watching carefully, which will take about 2 minutes.
  • Serve hot, or refrigerate up to 1 hour and serve cold.
  • Makes 4 servings.

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Reviews

  1. This was amazing! I made it today and my family loved it! I used Ghiredelli White Chocolate Vanilla Dream which has vanilla beans in it. Fabulous! Thanks!<br/><br/>Update>>I've made in two more times since this first post. Tonight I actually deviated and used Ghiradelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate instead of white chocolate. Delicious and very rich! It tasted like Chocolate Pot de Creme with a crunchy top! Loved it! Next time I want to use the Chili Dark Chocolate for a spicy kick! thanks again!
     
  2. My husband who doesn't normally like creme brulee loves this one because it doesn't taste overly eggy. This is my go-to creme brulee recipe.
     
  3. Pure awesome!
     
  4. Awsome stuff - an amazing version of this wonderful dessert. Save this one for your future wife or husband, and indulge your good friends so they will warm your home. I agree with SaraD202, you have to use the Brulee torch (fire it up).
     
  5. This was an AMAZING creme brulee and so easy to make. This was the first dessert I have EVER, yes ever, tried to make (I am a 25 year old man). I made the dessert for my wife and followed the directions exactly, with the only exception being that I used a torch in the place of a broiler for the caramelizing. Thank you for bringing my favorite dessert from fine dining into my kitchen!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Wonderful.grated the chocolate instead of chopping it and carmelized the sugar with a torch otherwise followed recipe. served with fresh strawbwerries, blueberries and a strawberry puree
     

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