Creme Brulee

Ingredients

• 30 oz. heavy cream
• 1 vanilla bean
• 7.5 oz. granulated sugar
• 9 egg yolks

Directions

1. Bring the cream and half the sugar to a boil. Set aside.
2. Whisk the yolks with the remaining sugar.
3. Temper the hot milk into the yolks. Do NOT aerate.
4. Strain the mixture through a chinois or fine sieve.
5. Place 12 ramekins in a roasting pan.
6. Near the oven, deposit custard into ramekins with a fondant funnel. Remove large bubbles with a blow torch, use a spoon for foam. Fill the roasting pan with boiling water until the water reaches halfway up the sides of the ramekins
7. Carefully place the custards into the oven, and bake at 275F for 12-15 minutes.
8. Let custards cool completely then refrigerate until needed.
9. Before serving, Place a little sugar (granulated or brown) on top of each custard and torch until golden brown and bubbly. Let cool and serve immediately.