Servings: 4 – 6
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 40 minutes
Do you have unwavering love for crème brûlée? This recipe, by chef Michael Allemeier, is sure to become your new go-to. Made with a base of Van Houtte® French Vanilla coffee and whipping cream, this dessert is simply divine.
Preheat oven to 325°F.
In a pan or heavy-bottomed pot add cream and vanilla extract.
Heat the cream to just under a boil and sprinkle the ground coffee over top, stir and steep for 3 minutes. Pass the cream through a coffee filter or fine sieve to remove the ground coffee.
In a large bowl add sugar and egg yolks, whisk until smooth.
Carefully pour the hot cream into the egg yolks, slowly at first so the hot cream and yolks mix together evenly. Mix well and strain through a fine sieve to get a smooth custard.
Pour the custard into medium-sized ramekins (3/4 cup) and put in a bain-marie* (hot water bath).
Carefully place in oven and bake for 35-40 minutes until the custard is set.
Carefully remove from the oven
Let the crème brûlées cool in the water for 30 minutes and refrigerate until needed
Sprinkle a thin and even coating of white sugar over top and caramelize with a blow torch or under a broiler.
*Bain-marie: Use a large flat-bottom roasting tray. Add filled ramekins to the roasting tray, carefully add hot water so that it sits ¾ of the way up the ramekins.
This recipe for French vanilla crème brûlée from chef Michael Allemeier is sure to end your meal with style! What makes it so special? Van Houtte® French Vanilla coffee. Buy it in stores or online.
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With more than three decades’ worth of experience working in top Canadian kitchens, Allemeier has served in such lofty roles as Executive Chef at Vancouver’s Bishops Restaurant, at Calgary’s Teatro Restaurant, and at Mission Hill Family Estate Winery in the Okanagan Valley. The third Canadian to receive the title of Master Chef, Allemeier currently teaches over 500 burgeoning young chefs at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
