Vanilla Cafe Latte Creme Brulee

Impress your guests by preparing this delicious dessert.


Makes 8 to 12  Prep Time 30 minutes  Baking Time 30 to 45 minutes

2 cups cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons instant powdered coffee
1 vanilla bean pod
8 egg yolks
sugar for torching

1  Preheat oven to 325ºF.

2  In a saucepan, combine cream, sugar, and coffee powder.

3  Split open the vanilla bean pod. Scrape the vanilla beans on each side of the pod and stir them into the cream-coffee mixture.

4  Place the saucepan on low heat and continuously stir until the mixture boils and sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat. Set aside.

5  In a bowl, slightly whisk the eggs. Pour 1/3 of the heated cream into the whisked eggs. Combine well and check if temperature of the egg mixture is the same with the heated cream. If yes, whisk in the egg-cream mixture into the heated cream in the pot. If not, add a little more of the heated cream into the egg-cream mixture until you achieve similar temperatures.

6  Whisk the cream with the egg mixture until combined. Strain the mixture into a pitcher.

7  Prepare ramekins or oven-safe individual serving bowls by placing them in a deep baking pan or roasting pan filled halfway with water. Fill each ramekin three-fourths full with the cream mixture.

8  Place baking pan in the oven and bake for 20 to 30 minutes. Cool the water in the pan to room temperature. Take the ramekins out of the water then chill the baked creams covered with plastic wrap.

9  When ready to serve, sprinkle sugar evenly over each chilled cream and then torch the sugar with a blowtorch until you achieve a thin crisp layer.

Substitution tip: No vanilla pod? Use 2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon vanilla extract for every vanilla pod you need.

Photography by Ocs Alvarez | Styling by Gwyn Guanzon

• nina buendia May 29 2010 @ 05:45pm Report Abuse

     

  do you know where i can get these fresh vanilla beans? i can't find it? i want to bake a cake for my hubby's bday, pls help :-(
• cindy lim Apr 22 2010 @ 10:54am Report Abuse

     

  hi, gud day!...i"ve been wanting to make creme brulee, bt i don't have a torch to brown the sugar. Is there any other way to brown the sugar?..or is there another option for the topping aside from torching the sugar?... looking forward to ur reply, bcoz i really want to mke it for my family..
  MOre power to your magazine and looking forward to more of your recipe...
• joan Apr 03 2010 @ 08:26am Report Abuse

     

  this sure is delicious but unfortunately i don't have a torch