Crème Brûlée
By Lou Seibert Pappas and Alison Miksch
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With its caramelized crisp topping and delicious silken custard, crème brûlée makes a fine finale for any occasion. Cooking expert Lou Seibert Pappas shows you how to make a variety of sweet, savory, nutty, or chocolately recipes using just a few key ingredients plus flavorings. Create such showstoppers as irresistible Double-Chocolate Crème Brûlée, Balsamic-Blackberry Crème Brûlée made with Greek-style yogurt, tartly sweet Cranberry-Orange Crème Brûlée, or sweet and crunchy Pineapple-Macadamia Crème Brûlée.
Featuring easy-to-follow recipes that will delight first-time cooks as well as the most experienced chefs, page after page of scrumptious color photographs, plus practical presentation and serving tips, Crème Brûlée is the perfect guide to great home entertaining. Welcome to simple elegance.
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Crème Brûlée - Lou Seibert Pappas
Crème Brûlée
Lou Seibert Pappas
Photographs by Alison Miksch
publisher logoThere is no love sincerer than the love of food.
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—GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Contents
Dedication
Introduction
Ingredients
Equipment
Techniques
Classic and Creative
Classic Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée
Catalan Cinnamon Crème Brûlée
Cappuccino Crème Brûlée
Crème Brûlée à l’Orange
Eggnog Crème Brûlée
Lavender-Lemon Crème Brûlée
Thai-Style Lemongrass Crème Brûlée
Margarita Crème Brûlée
Crystallized Ginger Crème Brûlée
Spicy Pumpkin Crème Brûlée
Cranberry-Orange Crème Brûlée
Fruity and Fabulous
Blueberry-Brandy Crème Brûlée
Mango Crème Brûlée
Balsamic-Blackberry Crème Brûlée
Cherry Risotto Crème Brûlée
Strawberry Zabaglione Crème Brûlée
Berry Patch Crème Brûlée
Honey-Tangerine Crème Brûlée
Apple-Calvados Crème Brûlée
Spicy Persimmon Crème Brûlée
Peach and Champagne Sabayon Crème Brûlée
Pineapple-Macadamia Crème Brûlée
No-Bake Zesty Lime Crème Brûlée
Bananas Foster Crème Brûlée
Raspberry-Framboise Crème Brûlée
Frangipane-Apricot Crème Brûlée
Pear Crème Brûlée
Chocolate and Nutty
Double-Chocolate Crème Brûlée
Gianduia Crème Brûlée
Mexican Chocolate Crème Brûlée
White Chocolate-Cognac Crème Brûlée
Chocolate Rum Macaroon Crème Brûlée
Kona-Milk Chocolate Crème Brûlée
Ice Cream Crème Brûlée
Amaretto-Espresso Crème Brûlée
Maple-Walnut Crème Brûlée
Butterscotch-Pecan Crème Brûlée
Hazelnut Crème Brûlée
Toffee Crème Brûlée
Peanut Butter Crème Brûlée
Savory
Mushroom and Goat Cheese Crème Brûlée
Gorgonzola and Leek Crème Brûlée
Broccoli and Red Pepper Crème Brûlée
Brie Croustade Crème Brûlée
Wild Rice and Crab Crème Brûlée
Spinach and Feta Crème Brûlée
Sweet Corn-Roasted Red Pepper Crème Brûlée
Sun-Dried Tomato and Olive Crème Brûlée
Shrimp and Tarragon Crème Brûlée
Salmon and Basil Crème Brûlée
Roasted Garlic and Chive Crème Brûlée
Roasted Onion-Gruyère Crème Brûlée
Index
Table of Equivalents
About the Author
Copyright
INTRODUCTION
WITH ITS SILKEN CUSTARD AND CARAMELIZED CRISP TOPPING, crème brûlée ranks as one of the most popular desserts in America. Around the globe, its innovative presence brings gustatory delight and pleasure galore as well.
The joys and rewards of making crème brûlée are multifold: It is quick and easy for a novice to prepare. It requires just four ingredients plus flavorings. It is elegant, luxurious, and versatile for countless dining occasions. And though its forte is mainly as a dessert, it has spawned tempting savory versions to enjoy around the clock. Savory custards can be served as first courses, side dishes, or light entrées. They may be topped with cheese, bread cubes, or, for a sweet touch, a light sprinkling of sugar.
Its roots can be traced to a recipe called Grilled Cream in a seventeenthcentury English cookery book. It was first popularized in the dining halls at King’s College in Cambridge. The close Spanish relative is crema catalana, a custard imbued with lemon and cinnamon. Though they have given the dish its name, it was only in recent years that the French acquired the custom of serving crème brûlée—or burnt cream.
(Both Escoffier’s Guide Culinaire and Larousse Gastronomique bypass the subject.)
The preparation is a short two-part procedure. First, the rich custard mixture is prepared and baked. Sweet versions are then chilled, while savory ones are ready immediately. Then the top is caramelized. A butane gas blowtorch with a powerful approximately 2700°F flame neatly browns the surface without reheating the custard or its container. By contrast, a broiler readily sears a battery of dishes at once and also warms the contents.
For the cook, the roster of flavors is boundless. Aromatic spices and fresh or dried herbs—lavender, basil, ginger, lemongrass, chiles, and kaffir lime leaves—can scent these custards. Various liqueurs and liquors, Mexican chocolate, and a bevy of sugars lend intrigue.
As your family and guests tap through the caramel-sealed top to relish the rich, velvety interior of these custards, compliments will abound. This collection of tantalizing recipes offers taste-tingling surprise and delight.
Enjoy!
—Lou Seibert Pappas
INGREDIENTS
Cream: The classic cream for crème brûlée is heavy (whipping) cream, containing 36 percent butterfat and readily available in half-pint and 1-pint containers in grocery stores. It contains the proper amount of butterfat. When you add rich ingredients, such as cheeses in savory recipes or chocolate in dessert recipes, you may choose to lighten the fat content by replacing some of the heavy cream with half-and-half (10.5 percent butterfat) or light cream (18 percent). The substitution of all half-and-half or milk for the cream results in a dish similar to a regular baked egg custard rather than a rich crème brûlée.
Sugar: For sweetening the custard, fine granulated or light brown sugar is usually the preferred choice. For caramelizing the top, many options abound: superfine sugar, regular granulated sugar, confectioners’ sugar, light or dark brown sugar, or raw sugar such as demerara or turbinado. Shaved piloncillo, a Mexican brown sugar, yields a delectable molassesstyle topping.
Eggs: Grade-A large eggs are the traditional choice for recipes and were used in testing. It is important to keep eggs refrigerated and to check the date on the carton to ensure freshness. The proportions used in this book are 6 egg yolks to 2 cups of cream. When rich ingredients such as chocolate and cheese are added, the number of yolks is sometimes reduced.
Flavorings: Vanilla beans, with their tiny black flavor-packed seeds, lend more flavor than vanilla extract when vanilla is the primary flavoring, yet pure vanilla extract is a desirable complementary addition to other flavorings in many recipes. Liquors and liqueurs are superb enhancers. Choices include brandy, Cognac, Calvados, dark rum, tequila, and liqueurs such as Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, Kahlúa, amaretto, framboise,