Saturday, September 4, 2010

vanilla pots de crème

another remarkable mark bittman recipe

heat oven to 300. pour 2 cups heavy cream into a small saucepan and heat until steam rises. cover pan, turn off heat, and let steep for 15 minutes. beat yolks of 6 eggs with 1/2 cup sugar until light. pour about a quarter of the cream into this mixture, then pour sugar/egg mixture into cream and stir. add 1 tsp vanilla extract. pour mixture into four 6 oz ramekins and place in a baking dish; fill dish with water halfway up the side of dishes. cover with foil and bake 45 minutes to an hour until center is barely set. chill before serving.

3 comments:

  1. This looks delish and pretty easy ! Yum O!

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  2. it's crazy good! and actually, if you put the covered steaming pot in the fridge for the 15 minutes, you really don't need to do the back and forth with the egg mixture; you just need to make sure the egg doesn't start to cook. so yes, pretty simple. :D

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  3. Thanks for the tip !! that makes even more enticing to try !

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