Glittering Champagne Crème Brûlée

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Glittering Champagne Crème Brûlée
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
35 min.
Preparation
ready in 3 h. 35 min.
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Ingredients

for
4
Ingredients
5 egg yolks
1 egg
½ cup caster sugar
3 Tbsps Corn starch
2 cups cream (48% fat)
¾ cup Champagne
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp butter
To decorate
4 tsps caster sugar
edible, gold Glitter
How healthy are the main ingredients?
egg

Preparation steps

1.
Lightly butter 4 ramekins.
2.
Whisk together the egg yolks, whole egg, sugar and cornflour.
3.
Heat the cream, champagne and vanilla in a pan and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat.
4.
Slowly whisk about 100ml|1/2 cup of the hot cream mixture into the egg mixture, whisking constantly.
5.
Add the egg mixture to the cream mixture in the pan and cook over a low heat, whisking until thickened.
6.
Whisk in the butter. Strain into the ramekins, cool, then chill until set.
7.
Just before serving, sprinkle each ramekin evenly with 1 teaspoon of sugar. Use a cook's blowtorch to melt and caramelize the sugar. Sprinkle with glitter and serve immediately.