Chocolate Creme Brulee
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- 4 hours in refrigeration
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 425ml double cream
- 3 egg yolks
- 80g golden caster sugar
- 50g plain chocolate, broken into pieces
Method
- STEP 1Preheat the oven to 150C/ gas mark 2.
- STEP 2Bring the cream up to the boil over a low heat. Turn off and allow to cool slightly.
- STEP 3Add the chocolate to the cream and stir with a balloon whisk until fully incorporated.
- STEP 4In a separate bowl, mix together the egg yolks and half of the sugar. Whisk in the cream and chocolate mixture. Pour into four ramekins.
- STEP 5Place the ramekins in a roasting tin and half fill with hot water. Place a piece of foil loosely over the tin.
- STEP 6Cook in the oven for approximately 25-30 minutes until firm around the edges but still slightly wobbly in the middle.
- STEP 7Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- STEP 8Sprinkle 1-2 teaspoons of the remaining sugar over each ramekin so that it thinly covers the surface of the brulees.
- STEP 9Use a blowtorch or hot grill to caramelise the sugar. Serve.