Green Tea Creme Brulee

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 quart heavy cream
• 6 egg yolks
• 4 green tea bags
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean

Recipe

• 1 heat cream over med high heat
• 2 add extract or split the bean and scrape into the cream.
• 3 when cream is scalded add tea bags and steep for five minutes.
• 4 strain hot cream and squeeze out the tea bags.
• 5 whisk eggs and sugar until they are smooth and pale yellow.
• 6 temper cream into eggs slowly.
• 7 pour mixture into ramekins and place ramekins in a roasting pan with water half way up the sides of the ramekins.
• 8 bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes or until custard is just set. it should jiggle a bit like firm jello.
• 9 cool.
• 10 pour a teaspoon of raw sugar on each and shake to coat evenly and then broil until golden or blow torch the tops to carmelize the sugar.