Sunday, May 2, 2010

Crème Brûlée

After the week we had...
Getting back to my blog, doing a bit of shopping at Sur La Table, and creating
my very first Crème brûlée with their help, was just the antidote I needed!
Thanks to Monica, who told me about Sur La Table's discount
card available to Food Bloggers, I now have one of my own!
Which I promptly exercised to purchase my Crème Brûlée supplies!
You know how much I love it when Cooking leads to
shopping! Any way... Patrick, the super-helpful sales pro at SLT
recommended this Chef's Torch to me. He's the same man who turned
me on to those Fabulous mini-cupcakes I can't stop making... So when
he said it's the same torch he uses in his own Kitchen, I was sold!
And, it's German. Did I mention I was sold? Patrick also
helped me find the Demerara sugar and butane I needed too
I picked up several (maybe 15) boxes of Crème Brûlée at
the Fort Benning commissary the last time we saw the Ranger
Crème Brûlée is our favorite restaurant desert, and I've always wanted
to make it as well as they do at Ruth's Chris. They do CB the Best there!
I was raised on Dr. Oetker baking products
used in my Mom's and my Oma's kitchens
So I trust them. You may remember this Black Forest
cake (Here) I made. It was a Dr. Oetker too!
This was pretty easy! 1 cup cold whole milk, 1 cup Whipping
Cream added to one box of Dr. Oetker Crème Brûlée custard mix
If you don't already have little dishes like these, Sur La Table also
offers a pretty nifty Torch Set, which includes the perfect dishes!
And the price of that set, with dishes and butane
torch is the same as my Chef's Torch. Hum...
So you have a Choice, which is always nice! Okay... our Crème Brûlée
is ready to go. Now this is where I wandered off the reservation a
bit in terms of the Recipe directions. It just didn't sound right
to leave my Crème Brûlée sit out on the counter for an hour
until a skin formed so I decided to chill it for two hours
instead. Also, the directions indicate No torch is needed
since caramelization can be achieved under the broiler...
But that sounds like No fun at all!
I would much rather Do this!
By the way... Buy the butane refill with this torch. Patrick thought
it might come ready to go, but I quickly Determined there was
no butane already in the torch. Quickly, as in I fiddled with
it until I realized filling my torch with Fuel might actually help!
The Dr. Oetker mix includes Demerara sugar but since I plan to
test lots of Crème Brûlée recipes, I picked up a sack at SLT too
Since I've never used a Torch before I made up
this little dish of Crème Brûlée to test it first
I'm glad I did because I ended up being a little heavy-handed
with the Flame. This tasted really good, but it tasted more
like over-toasted marshmallow than Crème Brûlée
But if you're after over-toasted Marshmallow, this is it!
It's Soooo good!
But this is more what we're after here...
Perfect Crème Brûlée achieved through help from
Dr. Oetker and our friends at Sur La Table!

7 comments:

  1. Creme Brulee is one of my favorites, and you made it look even better! I'm going to be heading to SLT for my card soon. I love that store they have so many goodies!

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  2. Again, I am so sorry about your SIL. hugs to you.

    Your creme brulee looks so good. We just had some last night. It was espresso creme brulee with chocolate ganache on the bottom. goodness it was fantastic!

    Glad you got your discount card :-)

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  3. DELICIOUS! That looks amazing and I bet that it was scrumptious! Kuddos to you for taking on a challenge and conquering it with perfection. Here's to many more Creme Brulee creations! Enjoy.

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  4. Wow! You are awesome! I wish you could scoop some for us! The berries are gorgeous! What a deal... for Sur La Table to help out food bloggers... it's great advertising for them too!
    I'm not sure if I have one that's close by... I'll have to Google them...

    I visited your recent posts... the giant chimes are amazing... also Wild Birds Unlimited is a great place isn't it!? My feeders are from there. They have the only baffle that's kept the squirrels out!

    Hope you're having a good week~
    Blessings* Maria

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  5. Gosh, Janet. I have been tucked away in my kitchen for 2 weeks, not keeping up with blogs. So sorry to hear about your sister-in-law.

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  6. We have sister-blogs this week, both posting about Creme Brulee. Your's looks divine! It's one of our favorite desserts to order at restaurants also.

    I cannot BELIEVE the SLT discount card for food bloggers! I am marching myself down there this week to see if I can get one too! Sweet!!

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  7. We have sister-blogs this week, both posting about Creme Brulee. Your's looks divine! It's one of our favorite desserts to order at restaurants also.

    I cannot BELIEVE the SLT discount card for food bloggers! I am marching myself down there this week to see if I can get one too! Sweet!!

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