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Next episode:
Pack and Go Party
April 18th
1:30pm ET/12:30pm C
hashtag code: #bb418
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I’ve always wondered what to do about this if I have no torch. I hear you can use a broiler, but I’ve never seen it done well. Suggestions?
I bought 35% cream to make this but was wondering if 15% could pass for “heavy cream”?
i’m thinking about vanilla bean creme brulee!
@Coco Bean: Mark Bittman has a creme brulee recipe that offers light cream or half-and-half as a substitute for heavy cream: http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/recipe-of-the-day-vanilla-creme-brulee/
Go for it!
Great pick! I love an excuse to make creme brulee!
Hubby proclaimed if it wasn’t for my blog, he would never get creme brulee! Great pick!
Ohhh, yes. I have made Ina’s creme brulee many times. Follow her recipe to the letter. It is sooo good.
Come to think of it, I have NEVER made anything that wasn’t spectacular from her.