http://nutgraf.net/2009/09/14/creme-brulee-more-fun-than-you-can-shake-a-propane-torch-at/ Because inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:17:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://nutgraf.net/2009/09/14/creme-brulee-more-fun-than-you-can-shake-a-propane-torch-at/comment-page-1/#comment-1665 Patty Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:03:44 +0000 http://nutgraf.net/?p=701#comment-1665 I feel like a total food nerd knowing this, but: The brown sugar torches better if you sort of oven-dry it first, spread a thin layer on a cookie sheet in a very low-temp oven to take most of the moisture out of it. And then poweder it up between your fingers as you put it on the top of the custard, so it's real fine-grained and even. And remind me to give you the word's most depraved chocolate creme brulee recipe, coaxed from the dessert chef at the Outer Banks restaurant where I first tasted it (though his version made 32 portions -- what a shame to have to make so much, eh...) I feel like a total food nerd knowing this, but: The brown sugar torches better if you sort of oven-dry it first, spread a thin layer on a cookie sheet in a very low-temp oven to take most of the moisture out of it. And then poweder it up between your fingers as you put it on the top of the custard, so it’s real fine-grained and even. And remind me to give you the word’s most depraved chocolate creme brulee recipe, coaxed from the dessert chef at the Outer Banks restaurant where I first tasted it (though his version made 32 portions — what a shame to have to make so much, eh…)

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