Treat yourself and your loved ones to the
smooth chocolaty taste of a truly luxurious dessert. With a sophisticated
combination of vanilla and rich dark chocolate, topped with caramelized
sugar, this romantic indulgence is the perfect ending to a special
evening with your Valentine.
Dark
Chocolate Crème Brûlée
- 1 cup whipping cream
1 cup half-and-half
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE CHOCOLATIER 53% Cacao Dark
Chocolate Baking Bar, broken into small pieces or 2/3 cup NESTLÉ
TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
4 large egg yolks
1/2 cup granulated sugar
6 teaspoons granulated sugar - divided use
- Preheat oven to 300°F
(150°C).
- Place cream, half-and-half
and vanilla extract in large saucepan. Bring to a boil; remove
from heat. Add chocolate; whisk until melted and smooth.
- Whisk egg yolks and 1/2
cup sugar in large mixer bowl. Gradually whisk in chocolate mixture.
- Pour mixture through fine
sieve into six 4-ounce ramekins or custard cups. Place ramekins
in 13 x 9-inch baking dish; fill pan with hot water to 1-inch
depth.
- Bake for 40 minutes or
until custards jiggle slightly when pan is shaken. Cool custards
in water until cool enough to handle. Remove custards from water;
refrigerate for 2 hours. Cover with plastic wrap; continue to
refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
- Preheat broiler. Sprinkle
1 teaspoon sugar over tops of each custard. Place custards on
baking sheet. Broil for 3 minutes or until sugar is melted and
caramelized (rotate pan as needed to prevent burning). Alternately,
tops can be caramelized using kitchen torch. Refrigerate for
2 hours so that the topping can harden and the custard can cool
and set.
Makes 6 servings.
Estimated Times
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 50 mins
Cooling Time: 7 hrs refrigerating
Nutritional Information
Per Serving (1/4 of recipe): Calories: 380 Calories from Fat:
240 Total Fat: 27 g Saturated Fat: 16 g Cholesterol: 210 mg Sodium:
25 mg Carbohydrates: 30 g Dietary Fiber: 1 g Sugars: 25 g Protein:
4 g
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the property of Nestlé® and Meals.com, used with permission.
