Description
Lemon Crème Brûlée – A luscious and creamy lemon custard with a caramelized sugar topping. A showstopping dessert that is easier to make than you think.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 2/3 cups granulated sugar
- 2 lemons zested
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 12 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 8–12 teaspoons sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300º F.
- Arrange 8 ramekins in a large baking dish or roasting pan.
- In saucepan combine heavy cream, sugar, lemon zest and salt. Bring to a simmer.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl whisk egg yolks together until smooth and uniform in color.
- Slowly whisk about 1 cup of cream mixture into the yolks until combined. Repeat with 1 more cup of cream. Add the rest of the cream, and mix until smooth and well blended.
- Mix in the vanilla and lemon extract.
- Strain cream mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a large bowl. Discard any solids in the strainer.
- Divide the mixture evenly into the 8 ramekins. Set the baking dish in the center of your oven.
- Pour boiling water into the dish, about 2/3rd of the way up the ramekins (be careful not to get any water in the cream mixture).
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, depending on the size and depth of your ramekins. The center should just barely be set, almost like jello. A thermometer should read 180 degrees.
- Remove from the oven, and carefully transfer the ramekins to a wire rack to cool for 2 hours. Then cover and set in the fridge until cold, 4-6 hours.
- When ready to serve sprinkle about 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar over the top of each ramekin, carefully spreading into an even layer. Use a torch or the broiler method to brown the sugar on top.
- Serve immediately after it is bruleed.
Notes
- Use a kitchen torch for best results when caramelizing the sugar.
- Ensure the water bath does not get into the ramekins.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 ramekin
- Calories: 573
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 0 mg
- Fat: 50 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg