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(post, Benjamin Barton)
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Crème brulee has a loyal following – the too loud American girl orgasiming. “Oooh, ah, mmm yeah they have brulee yay. I love brulee. Give it too me, bring me brulee. Wankers foodies - dish out lessons on appropriate technique for eating the French classic. Custard heads follow twitter to seek out their fix in San Fransico. An illegal peddler makes it super-bad-arse-foodie-cool. Crème Brulee Cart -http://twitter.com/cremebruleecart Instead of the she’ll be right Kiwi attitude I shall attempt to be precise and create a recipe that is easy to follow. This undertaking is a monumental shift for me. Part of my philosophy is no two chefs will end up with the same product from the same recipe. Ovens work differently, gas verse electric and induction, the heat retention rate of the baking vessel, eggs are different sizes and I like to eyeball all measurements. Recipes are just ideas and guides, don’t follow them exactly. The Classic Vanilla bean - Use the best you can find. (ramble about always getting the best ingredients) Look around I have found it varies in price and quality drastically. Peets coffee shop came out on top at 2.25 a piece. Eggs try not to buy them from the supermarket. Check out my suburban San Jose eggs for 5 bucks a dozen. Milk cow at 5am and skim off cream Sugar- use refined, it goes against the rest of the philosophy and for future reference I discovered I am a complete hypocrite years ago. 6 yolks – 110 grams 250ml cream 25ml milk One vanilla bean 100 grams castor sugar Split and scrape out vanilla seeds into the cream and heat gently. Whisk yolks and sugar until pale and fluffy Add scalded cream, stir with spatula Strain and pour into ramekins Bake in water bath covered but with holes for steam to escape Cool, fridge Sugar and torch Baked apple The only use my melon baller ever gets. Scoop out apples to become brulee ramekins. Many varieties work, my favorite is Fuji, tart green varieties are good too although can be a little trickier as they tend to collapse if over cooked. The hard part - First you want to slice the smallest amount you can to make the apple stand up straight. Some won’t require any, then slice a small section off the top to give another flat surface. Scoop out leaving about half a centimeter of flesh intact with skin, at the bottom be careful not to go too far down, you will see that it can cause the liquid to leak out the bottom. Can be fixed with a plug of plastic wrap but best if you can manage to avoid it. Applescoop Scald milk and cream with vanilla and cinnamon, while hot pour into whisked pale yolks and sugar, mix well, set aside. Assemble, place apples in dish deep enough to cover, pour strained mix into each apple filling just short of top, add a shallow water bath, cover with tinfoil, punch a few holes in it and bake at 150. appleprebake Check regularly, done when holds shape when you gently tap the side of apple. Leave to cool covered in baking dish then carefully transfer to clean container and refrigerate until set, generally overnight but 3 or 4 hours should do. applebaked2 Espresso and Grappa Dining al fresco – the yachties night off in the Adriatic “Grappa and espresso is better than cocaine.” “Grappa, really? It’s gross, I’ve only had it once thought it was the shot you buy for people you don’t like.” “At the end of an Italian meal it aids digestion and stops that ‘I ate too much, can’t move’ moan of yours.” “Ok I down for it.” “Duo espresso, duo grappa, anyone else?” It’s not a rustic Italian happy ending without a espresso and a grappa. 60ml strong espresso – make it like you are a ristretto snob 10grams sugar 250ml brulee mix (vanilla and cinammon scald) Grappa cookies, Almonds, Flour, Cinnamon, Vanilla, Sugar, Butter, Eggs Grind nuts with flour, sugar and cinnamon Cream butter and vanilla, add grappa or Amaretto, eggs, dry ingredients Green tea and yuzu Or a citrus mix pretending to be as good as the Japanese sudachi or yuzu. 90ml cream 10ml milk, both fresh from the cow outside everyone has access to <1gram green tea powder -Scald 42grams yolk from the hens in those idyllic packaging photos 42grams super refined castor sugar Zest of citrus -Whisk 60ml juice of mixed citrus 1gram bottled yuzu juice contains sodium -Add Divide into baking vessel and 250 F check every half hour, leave to cool in water or oven depending on how set they look. Shake them gently and check out their wobble Rhubarb crumbrulee in the works, .