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Irish Coffee Crème Brulee
This is a wonderful dessert recipe perfect for the St Patrick's Day season: a traditional crème brulee with coffee and a few shots of Irish cream
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup black coffee
- 1/4 cup Irish cream
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Pour the cream, coffee, Irish cream, and salt into a small saucepan. Place the pan over medium-low heat and heat the cream mixture until steam gathers on the surface and it is hot to the touch. Be sure to not let the cream come to a boil.
- While the cream mixture is heating up, whisk to combine the egg yolks and ½ cup of the sugar. Whisk until the mixture turns a lighter shade of yellow.
- Once the cream is hot, slowly pour the cream mixture into the yolk mixture while whisking constantly to temper the eggs. Once the cream mixture is fully integrated, pour the resulting mixture into a pitcher through a fine-mesh strainer.
- Arrange 5 ½ cup ramekins inside a 9×13 roasting pan. Pour the mixture into the ramekins leaving a little space at the top of each. Fill the roasting pan with boiling water until the water reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Transfer the roasting pan to the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes. The crème brulee should be set but still wobbly.
- Take the ramekins out of the water bath and place them in the fridge. Let the crème brulee chill for a minimum of 2 hours or for up to 3 days.
- Dust the surface of each crème brûlée with the remaining sugar. Shake off the excess and torch the sugar with a culinary torch until caramelized. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving for the sugar has a chance to cool and solidify into a crisp crust.
