The dessert that got me a 8.7/10 from my husband. When I hear the word Creme Brûlée my mind immediately goes to “this is a difficult dessert” to make. It must be the whole torch thing and lighting the sugar that has become synonymous with this dessert. But not to worry ‘no torch needed’ here. Instead of sugar, I added a dollop of fresh whipped cream. Here is your step by step.
Ingredients
-1 cup of heavy creme
-3 large egg yolks at room temperature
-1 tablespoon monk fruit (sweetener) https://naturamarket.ca/lakanto-classic-monkfruit-sweetener-235g.html Monk fruit is a small, green gourd that resembles a melon. It’s grown in Southeast Asia. Monk fruit sweetener doesn’t impact blood sugar levels, it has zero calorie. Unlike some artificial sweeteners, there’s no evidence to date showing that monk fruit has negative side effects.
-1 tablespoon unsweetened peanut butter
-2 oz dark chocolate -I use 90% dark chocolate
Directions
Turn oven on 350 degree F. YOU will need 4 ramekins and a roasting pan to bake the ramekins in as you will be adding water.
Add the cream to a pan and turn oven on medium heat. Warm up the cream but don’t let it come to a boil.
In a separate mixing bowl, whisk egg yolks, & monk fruit sweetener until fluffy.
Remove cream from heat and take approximately 1/8 of the cream and whisk it into the egg yolk mixture. You do this step as it stops the eggs from splitting.
Whisk egg mixture into the rest of the cream-stirring continuously.
Place mixture back in pan and add chocolate and peanut butter. Stir on medium heat until chocolate melts and peanut butter is combined.
Pour chocolate mixture into each ramekin -filling it 3/4 of the way.
Place ramekins into a roasting pan (deep enough to cover height of the ramekins)
Add 2 cups of boiling water to the roaster until it reaches no more than a quarter way up the ramekins. The hot steam prevents the tops of the brûlée’s from cracking.
Bake in oven for 30 minutes
Remove from heat and let sit on your counter a few minutes before placing them in the fridge for 3 hours to set.
Once it has chilled you can dig it. I ate mine without whip cream, but my husband loved the additional whip on top. Enjoy.
