Lemon Creme Brulee

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 6 egg yolks
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 cups whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 separate egg yolks, and add 2 whole eggs.
• 3 add 1 cup sugar and beat until smooth.
• 4 add 1/4 cup of lemon juice to the eggs.
• 5 in a small saucepan, bring the whipping cream to a simmer.
• 6 put the lemon zest in the whipping cream.
• 7 put the cream mixture aside for 10 minutes.
• 8 this allows the oil from the zest to perfume the cream.
• 9 set the egg mixture on low speed.
• 10 pour the cream mixture into the egg mixture, until all the cream is gone.
• 11 you might find that all the zest is resting on the bottom of the pan of cream.
• 12 discard the zest.
• 13 strain the egg/cream mixture into a 4 cup measure glass.
• 14 setup your ramekins in a deep flat pan.
• 15 pour the cream mixture into the ramekin, to about 1/2 inch from the top of the ramekin. pour water around the ramekins, about 3/4's of the way up the outside of the ramekin.
• 16 bake for 40-50 minutes.
• 17 brulee should be just giggly in the centre.
• 18 turn off the oven, and let water go to cool.
• 19 put brulee in the fridge, to setup.
• 20 just before serving, put 1 tablespoon of sugar on top of brulee.
• 21 put under the broiler, and watch closely.
• 22 take out when the sugar begins to curl, or in my case, when the fire alarm goes off.