White Chocolate-Cranberry Crème Brûlée

Name: White Chocolate-Cranberry Crème Brûlée
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 egg yolks; 1 cube Ice; 6 servings Garnish: Sugared Cranberries and Mint; 118 milliliters sugar, divided; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 473 milliliters whipping cream; 113 grams white chocolate; 425 grams 1/2 whole-berry cranberry sauce

White Chocolate-Cranberry Crème Brûlée is Head to the store and pick up egg yolks, ice cubes, garnish: sugared cranberries and mint, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 18 minutes. It works well as an affordable side dish.

Instructions

Combine 1/2 cup cream and white chocolate in a heavy saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until chocolate is melted.

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White Chocolate

Chocolate

Cream

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla and remaining 1 1/2 cups cream.

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Vanilla

Cream

Whisk together egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar until sugar is dissolved and mixture is thick and pale yellow.

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Egg Yolk

Sugar

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Whisk

Add cream mixture, whisking until well blended.

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Cream

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Whisk

Pour mixture through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a large bowl.

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Sieve

Bowl

Spoon 1 1/2 Tbsp. cranberry sauce into each of 6 (4-oz.) ramekins.

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Cranberry Sauce

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Ramekin

Pour cream-and-egg mixture evenly into ramekins; place ramekins in a large roasting pan.

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Cream

Egg

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Roasting Pan

Ramekin

Add water to pan to depth of 1/2 inch.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Bake at 300 for 45 to 55 minutes or until edges are set. Cool custards in pan on a wire rack 25 minutes.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Remove ramekins from water bath; cover and chill 8 hours.

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Water

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Ramekin

Sprinkle 1 1/2 to 2 tsp. remaining sugar evenly over each ramekin. Fill a large roasting pan or 15- x 10- x 1-inch jelly-roll pan with ice; arrange ramekins in pan.

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Jelly

Sugar

Roll

Ice

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Ramekin

Broil 5 inches from heat 3 to 5 minutes or until sugar is melted and caramelized.

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Sugar

Let stand 5 minutes.

Garnish, if desired.

White Chocolate-Banana Creme Brulee: Prepare recipe as directed through Step Slice 2 bananas into 1/4-inch-thick slices; toss bananas with 1/3 cup sugar. Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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White Chocolate

Banana