Mmm... Chocolate Creme Brulee

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 large egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar, divided
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 3 ounces chocolate, imported finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 position rack in center of oven and preheat to 300 degrees f.
• 2 whisk egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar in a medium bowl.
• 3 bring cream and the remaining 1/4 cup sugar to simmer in heavy medium saucepan; reduce heat to low.
• 4 gradually add chopped chocolate to the cream mixture and whisk until smooth.
• 5 gradually whisk the hot chocolate mixture into yolk mixture, then whisk in vanilla.
• 6 pour the mixture through a fine sieve, then ladle custard into four 10-oz custard cups (if you use 4 oz ramekins, it will fill about 7 of them).
• 7 place the filled cups in large baking pan and add enough hot water to pan to come halfway up sides of cups.
• 8 bake at 300 degrees f until the custards are set in the center, about 1 hour.
• 9 carefully remove the custards from water and let cool.
• 10 cover (plastic wrap works fine) and refrigerate.
• 11 just before serving, preheat the broiler.
• 12 sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon sugar over each custard.
• 13 broil until the sugar caramelizes, watching carefully, which will take about 2 minutes.
• 14 serve hot, or refrigerate up to 1 hour and serve cold.
• 15 makes 4 servings.