Chai Tea Creme Brûlée Recipes

CHAI LATTE CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Whisk cream, half-and-half, scraped vanilla seeds, and vanilla pod in a saucepan. Place over medium heat and bring just to a boil. Remove from heat and add chai tea bags to the cream mixture; cover and let steep for 15 minutes. Squeeze tea bags and discard; discard spent vanilla bean pod.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Whisk egg, egg yolks, and 1/2 cup sugar in a bowl until smooth. Slowly whisk in cream mixture, followed by cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice.
• Spoon cream mixture into 6 6-ounce ramekins. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Place ramekins in a baking pan and carefully pour enough boiling water into the pan to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the desserts are softly set, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove ramekins from the water bath and refrigerate for 4 hours to overnight.
• Sprinkle each dessert with about 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar in an even layer. Use a kitchen torch to lightly brown and caramelize the sugar, about 1 minute; let the hot topping cool and harden before serving.

CHAI CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Heat cream in a 1-quart, covered saucepan over medium heat until scalded, 4 to 5 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the cream should read 180 degrees F (82 degrees C).
• Add tea bags, ginger, cinnamon stick, cardamom, and cloves. Turn off the heat, cover, and steep for 5 to 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks, 3 tablespoons plus 1 3/4 teaspoon sugar, vanilla, and salt together in a bowl until combined and sugar has dissolved.
• Strain tea bags, cinnamon stick, and ginger from the cream, extracting as much cream as possible from the tea bags.
• Pour some of the hot cream into the egg yolk mixture, whisking quickly to avoid scrambling the eggs. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and whisk until custard is thick and smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Divide custard evenly among four 4-ounce ramekins. Place ramekins in a paper towel-lined baking pan. Pour hot water into the baking pan until halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake in the preheated oven until custard is set around the edges and jiggles slightly in the center when gently shaken, 45 to 50 minutes. Carefully remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Transfer to the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours.
• Sprinkle 1 teaspoon turbinado sugar over each ramekin, shaking gently to cover the surface evenly. Use a kitchen torch to caramelize the sugar until all crystals are evenly melted. Allow surface to harden before serving.

CHAI CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300F degrees.
• Place 4 ramekins in a roasting pan and pour hot water in the pan to halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Combine the sugar, vanilla and egg yolks, mixing well. Set aside.
• Place the cream and the tea in a large saucepan and heat slowly just to the boiling point.
• Pour the cream into the eggs and sugar mixture in a slow and steady stream, whisking constantly.
• Pour 1/2 cup of the mixture into each ramekin.
• Ideally, allow to sit overnight before baking.
• Bake until the custard is set, about 35 minutes.
• Allow to cool and refrigerate at least two hours. The longer the better.
• About an hour before serving, sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar onto each custard, thinly and evenly.
• Melt the sugar with a flame until golden brown, either with a kitchen torch or under the broiler, about an inch from the flame for 30 seconds.
• Cool to room temperature before serving.

CHAI TEA CREME BRûLéE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• In a medium saucepan, heat cream, milk and tea over medium heat until steaming. Remove from jeat and let steep 5 minutes. Gently squeeze tea bag and remove.
• Meanwhile, in a heatproof bowl, whisk together yolks and sugar. Place over a saucepan of simmering water and whisk for 5 minutes or until light yellow in color.
• Remove from heat; gradually whisk in 1 cup of the hot cream mixture. Whisk in remaining cream. Skim off foam. Pour into 8 (6oz) ramekins or custard cups. Place in a large roasting pan; pour in enough water to come three-quarters up sides of ramekins.
• Bake in center of oven for 45-55 minutes or until edges are set but center jiiggle and knife inserted in center comes out creamy.
• Remove from water; let cool on rack. Cover and refrigerate for at least 5 hours or until chilled and set or up to 2 days.
• Preheat broiler. Place ramekins on rimmed baking sheet; using paper towelling, gently blot any liquid that has formed on the surface of the custards, Sprinkle 1 tablespoons brown sugar evenly over each custard. Broil until sugar bubbles and caramelizes.
• Watch constantly because caramel turns from amber to black very quickly, Remove from heat and serve.