Ingredients
- 6 egg yolks
- 6 tablespoons white sugar, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Beat egg yolks, 4 tablespoons white sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until thick and creamy.
- Pour cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost comes to boil. Remove the cream from heat immediately.
- Pour a little of the hot cream into the egg mixture and whisk briskly. Then pour that mixture into the rest of the cream and whisk. There may be a lot of foam on the top, so just skim it off.
- Pour mixture into individual serving dishes or one dish, and then place those dishes into a larger baking dish. Pour hot water into the dish until it comes to halfway up the sides of the dishes.
- Bake in oven for 15-30 minutes.They are done when they jiggle just slightly in the middle when you shake the dish.
- Remove and let cool for 15 minutes, then remove dishes and put in the refrigerator to chill.
- In a small bowl combine remaining 2 tablespoons white sugar and brown sugar. Sift this mixture evenly over custard.
- Propane torch the top
Notes
Instead of propane torching it, you can put it under a broiler but I’m not really sure how to do that