Peaches and Cream Brûlée

Name: Peaches and Cream Brûlée
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 larges egg yolks; 237 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 6 whole ripe peaches; 79 milliliters sugar; 4 teaspoons sugar; 1 vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Need a gluten free and vegetarian side dish? Peaches and Cream Brûlée could be an amazing recipe to try. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 4g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 279 calories. Head to the store and pick up egg yolks, heavy whipping cream, vanilla bean, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place cream in a medium saucepan. Split vanilla bean in half lengthwise, scrape in seeds, and add bean pod; bring to a simmer, and turn off heat.

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Vanilla Bean

Cream

Seeds

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Sauce Pan

Combine 1/3 cup sugar and egg yolks in a mixing bowl, whisking until smooth. Slowly add warm cream to egg mixture, whisking constantly. Set bowl containing egg mixture over a saucepan of simmering water. (Do not allow bowl to touch water.)

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Egg Yolk

Cream

Sugar

Water

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk

Sauce Pan

Whisk mixture constantly about 9 minutes or until it reaches 180 and coats back of spoon.

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Whisk

Remove bowl from heat, and place in an ice bath, stirring occasionally with a spatula; allow mixture to cool completely. (Or cool to room temperature, cover, and chill overnight.)

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Ice

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Spatula

Bowl

Mixture will thicken slightly while cooling.

Cut tops off peaches, and carefully hollow them out, discarding pit. (Slice a thin portion from bottoms, if needed, to help peaches sit upright.) Fill each peach with about 1/4 cup custard, smoothing so mixture is even with top of peach. Refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 3 hours.

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Custard

Peach

Sprinkle a thin layer of sugar onto each custard-filled peach; caramelize sugar using a kitchen torch, keeping torch moving at all times for even coloring.

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Custard

Peach

Sugar

Serve within 1 hour of browning sugar.

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Sugar