Sous Vide Crème Brûlée

Name: Sous Vide Crème Brûlée
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1/2 , vanilla bean (1 gram); 2 cups (500 grams), heavy cream; 5 , large egg yolks (75 grams); 1/3 cup (65 grams), granulated sugar; Pinch , salt; 4 teaspoons (20 grams), Demerara or turbinado sugar

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Desserts or Baked Goods

French

While sous vide is not the answer for most baked desserts, it most definitely is when it comes to custard.

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SERVES4

TIMESous vide: 60 to 75 minutes, active cooking time: 40 minutes, plus resting and chilling time

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A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Sous Vide for Everybody

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Conventional custard recipes require care and attention with temperature-sensitive steps like tempering eggs with the hot dairy to avoid curdling and arranging a water bath in the oven. The precise temperature control of sous vide cooking m...

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