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Posts tagged “Creme Brulee”

Good Question: Help! How Do I Caramelize Sugar With a Kitchen Torch?

Here's a question from reader Donna. She is just learning to use a kitchen torch to caramelize sugar, and it's not going well. She writes: I have a kitchen torch and CANNOT burn the sugar. I tried b...

Tip: Getting A Good Caramelized Top On Crème Brûlée

Recently, a friend of ours asked us, What do you think is one of the sexiest foods? Our response: Crème brûlée. We get so much pleasure in cracking that caramelized sugar top to ...

Recipe: Honey Pumpkin Créme Brúlée

Baked pumpkin custard was requested last week, so here's one that may be worth your fresh pumpkin puree. Most pumpkin custards are basically pie filling without the crust, but I was looking for someth...

The Celluloid Pantry: Crème Brûlée and Amélie (France, 2001)

[This week The Celluloid Pantry goes on location to Paris. Next week: Rome.] Raspberries worn on the fingers like thimbles; a hand plunged deep into a cool sack of grain; the crack of a spoon against...