White Chocolate-Cranberry Crème Brûlée

Name: White Chocolate-Cranberry Crème Brûlée
Prep time: 9 h 20 min
Cook time: 9 h 20 min
Total time: 9 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 servings Garnish: fresh cranberries with edible gold leaf (see All That Glitters, below); 5 egg yolks; 1 cube Ice; 118 milliliters sugar, divided; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 473 milliliters whipping cream; 113 grams white chocolate; 397 grams 1/2 whole-berry cranberry sauce

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give White Chocolate-Cranberry Crème Brûlée a try. This gluten free recipe serves 6. One serving contains 591 calories, 5g of protein, and 40g of fat. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, sugar, ice cubes, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 9 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 30

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

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Cream

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Sauce Pan

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

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

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Sugar

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Whisk

Add cream mixture, whisking until well blended.

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Cream

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

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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 mixture into ramekins; place ramekins in a large roasting pan.

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Cream

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

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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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Remove ramekins from water; cover and chill 8 hours.

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Preheat broiler with oven rack 5 inches from heat.

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Sprinkle remaining sugar over ramekins. Fill a large roasting pan or 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan with ice; arrange ramekins in pan.

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Roll

Ice

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

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Let stand 5 minutes.

Garnish, if desired.

Test Kitchen Tip: Filling the roasting pan with ice before broiling keeps the custards cool while caramelizing the tops.

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Ice

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All That Glitters. Tissue-thin flakes of edible gold leaf add instant glamour to a flurry of holiday garnishes--from fresh cranberries to shards of coarsely chopped white chocolate. It's super easy to apply--just press it on. Order online from surlatable.com, fancyflours.com, or goldleafcompany.com ($28-$41). It's a splurge, but when stored in a dry place it will last for years of celebrations to come.

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