Who can boast that they cook the best Creme Brulee - and please can you tell me how - PLEASE!!!!!!

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Thats it really - would love to know how to make the perfect creme brulee. I have looked at recipes online but there seem to be 100 way to make it:-

in the oven
in the fridge
with egg yolks
with the whole egg

etc, etc, etc

So - who makes a perfect creme brulee here - and PLEASE share it with me - PRETTY PLEEEEEEEASE!

I make one from a Nick Nairn recipe. Sounds very similar to Nigella's.

Make a custard by whisking sugar and egg yolks over a bain marie (is that how you spell that?). Very important to let it thicken nicely. Meanwhile heat cream and vanilla essence in a pan. Pour that onto the eggs/ sugar (constantly whisking). Pour into pan and heat gently until thickens nicely. Then pour into ramekins.

One tip is to use icing sugar on the top, it melts quicker, so hopefully the custard won't melt.

Hey - I sound like a right domestic goddess! Actually, it's about the only pudding I make, so it gets rolled out whenever we have anyone round!

Let me know if you need quantities and I will dig out the recipe.

Good luck!

so do they come out tasting as good as a shop brought one then?

Also, can someone enlighten me as to what a "bain marie" is?!?!?!?

THANKS!

I once saw Gordon Ramsay recommend that you use UHT longlife cream in a creme brulee - it helps to stop it getting snotty - keeps it nice and smooooooth.

I do Nigella's creme brulee here

I however have limited patience with the sugar on top - DP is usually enlisted with an industrial blow torch.

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