How to Make Creme Brûlée in an Alto-Shaam Cook and Hold

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How to Make Creme Brûlée in an Alto-Shaam Cook and Hold

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Creme brûlée means "burnt cream"

Creme brûlée means "burnt cream"

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Assemble your ingredients.

Assemble your ingredients.

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Add the egg yolks to the bowl.

Add the egg yolks to the bowl.

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Add your sugar and vanilla bean.

Add your sugar and vanilla bean.

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Whisk until the egg yolks look pale yellow.

Whisk until the egg yolks look pale yellow.

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Now add your cream.

Now add your cream.

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Whisk until well incorporated.  Dont whip too much or you will incorporate too much air into your batter.

Whisk until well incorporated. Dont whip too much or you will incorporate too much air into your batter.

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After letting your batter sit overnight,  strain it into a pitcher.

After letting your batter sit overnight, strain it into a pitcher.

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Arrange your vessels in a hotel pan.

Arrange your vessels in a hotel pan.

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For the batter into the vessels.

For the batter into the vessels.

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Set your cook and hold to 275°F.

Set your cook and hold to 275°F.

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Set the timer for one hour.

Set the timer for one hour.

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Add about 1 cup of water to the drip tray.

Add about 1 cup of water to the drip tray.

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Place your pan of creme brulees into the cook and  hold in place a cover over the pan.

Place your pan of creme brulees into the cook and hold in place a cover over the pan.

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Don't forget to push start!

Don't forget to push start!

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After one hour remove the pan from the cook and hold oven.

After one hour remove the pan from the cook and hold oven.

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Place the pan into your blast chiller to cool it down.

Place the pan into your blast chiller to cool it down.

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At service time sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar on top of each crème brûlée.

At service time sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar on top of each crème brûlée.

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Try to make sure the sugar is in a nice even layer

Try to make sure the sugar is in a nice even layer

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Use a kitchen torch to caramelize the sugar.

Use a kitchen torch to caramelize the sugar.

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Be careful to not over caramelize the sugar as it will impart a very bitter flavor to your dessert.

Be careful to not over caramelize the sugar as it will impart a very bitter flavor to your dessert.

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Enjoy!

Enjoy!

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3 Comments
Supplies

1 Qt cream

1 Doz egg yolks

1 ⅔ Cup sugar

1 Vanilla bean

Mickie Cain

what kind of cream? heavy,sweet,etc???

Mickie Cain 8 months ago

Fariba Sabeti

Perfetional!

Fariba Sabeti 8 months ago

Christina Bekaroglu

How many does your recipe make?

Christina Bekaroglu 8 months ago

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Claire Hesseltine

Do you keep it in the fridge overnight or just in the kitchen?

Claire Hesseltine 7 months ago

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Emma Rushin

Has he got oven gloves for hands?!? 😉

Emma Rushin 8 months ago

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