This white chocolate creme brulee with raspberry jam and fresh raspberries is creamy, luscious, and an impressive dessert for your guests.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr5 minutesmins
Servings: 10servings
Calories: 640kcal
Author: Lucy Brewer
Ingredients
1vanilla bean
4cupsheavy cream
⅔cupgranulated sugar
8ouncesfine quality white chocolatechopped
Pinch of salt
12largeegg yolks
10teaspoonsturbinado sugar
1jarraspberry jam
Instructions
Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and preheat oven to 300. Cut vanilla bean in half and scrape out all the seeds with a sharp paring knife. Combine vanilla bean and seeds, 2 cups cream, granulated sugar, chocolate, and salt in a medium saucepan.
Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally to dissolve sugar and melt chocolate. Once it comes to a boil, remove pot from heat and allow cream to steep for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, place dish towel in bottom of large roasting pan and set 8-12 4 or 5 ounce ramekins on towel, with dishes not touching. Bring kettle of water to boil. Spoon 2 teaspoons raspberry jam into each ramekin and spread over the bottom.
After 15 minutes, stir remaining 2 cups cream into the cream mixture. Whisk egg yolks in large bowl until frothy. Whisk 1 cup of cream mixture into yolks until combined.
Repeat with 1 cup cream mixture and then add the remaining cream mixture, whisking until thoroughly combined. Strain custard through fine-mesh strainer set over large bowl; discard solids in strainer. Divide custard evenly among ramekins.
Set roasting pan on oven rack. Carefully pour enough boiling water into pan to reach two-thirds up sides of ramekins. Do not splash water into ramekins. Bake until centers of custards are just barely set, 25-30 minutes, checking at about 20 minutes.
Transfer ramekins to wire rack and allow to cool completely, about 2 hours. Set ramekins on baking sheet, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cold, at least 4 hours. Uncover ramekins.
If condensation has collected on custards blot lightly with a paper towel. Sprinkle each custard with about 1 teaspoon turbaned sugar, tilting and tapping to distribute sugar evenly.
Ignite torch and caramelize sugar, keeping torch flame 2 inches above sugar and slowly sweeping flame across sugar starting at perimeter and moving toward middle, until sugar is bubbling and deep golden brown. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or serve immediately. Do not refrigerate any longer or sugar will not be crispy.