Creme brulee

Ingredients :

Cream - 2 cups,
Sugar -1/3 cup ,
Vanilla - one bean  or 1 tsp essence,
Egg yolk - 4 ,
Brown sugar -1/2 cup.

Method:
Slice vanilla beans lenght wise and scrape out the seeds and the resins from it .

Place  the resin in a saucepan with other half  bean  .Add heavy cream and put on low heat until hot .It  should not boil . Gently  stir once or twice so that vanilla mixes in the cream.

While cream is warming ,whisk egg yolk and sugar in a bowl thoroughly .

When cream is hot , ladle half  cup  and of it  in egg  and sugar  mixture. Mix and then pour all the hot cream in the bowl .
Mix ,but take care not to mix too much air  into the  mixture .
Pour through a strainer in another bowl .

Remove bubbles .
Place a  warm towel at the bottom of  a shallow  baking tray .
Fill four ramekins to the top with the mixture .make sure there are no bubbles .

Place three ramekins in the tray ,add boiling water half way through the ramekins and then place the fourth ramekin .
Be careful not to add too much water as water should not enter the ramekins .
Pre heat oven to 325 F or 160 C .
Put the tray in oven and bake for 35 minutes .
Test for doneness by tapping the side of the ramekin dish  .Custard should be wiggling  like jelly .

Leave it to room temperature and then keep in the fridge for 4 hour to cool .

Remove from fridge and fill  each ramekins with brown sugar .
Take a blow torch and burn the sugar  top of each of the ramekins till golden brown .You can have a few burnt spots .

Wait for 10 seconds for the sugar to harden .

 Creme brulee dessert is ready to be served .

Very delicious dessert .A must try  :)