Can someone please share French dessert recipe you have. I would like to try the chocolate souffle (sp.) and creme brulee if possible.<BR>Thanks in advance.<BR>

Hey, I have a fail-safe creme-brulee recipe that I stole from the gourmet bistro I work at... <BR>9 egg yolks<BR>1/2 c. brown sugar<BR>splash of vanilla or other flavoring<BR>Mix on low just until blended.<BR>Then add 3.5 cups heavy cream and mix for a few seconds.<BR>Pour it through a strainer to get the sugar chunks out, then pour it into flan cups (about 3/4 full). Put the cups into a cake pan, and fill the pan itself up with water to the level of the creme brulee batter. Bake for about a hour and a half (=/- 15 minutes) at 350. You'll know they're done when they are jiggly like jello, but not soupy in the center. Barely golden brown on top. Hard to overcook 'em unless you forget they're in there! Let 'em cool, and store in fridge. when you're ready to serve, put a thin layer of brown sugar on the top and torch it, or hold it close to your oven's broiler uneil the sugar melts and bubbles.

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There are probably lots of both recipes on www.epicurious.com. They're from Bon Appetit and Gourmet, and therefore very reliable and good.

Creme brulee is my favorite food (that doesn't contain chocolate or caffine). Got a creme brulee torch from a cooking catalog for about $29 that works much better than the broiler. Although the recipe above sounds great, and I have made some very high fat recipes, since I want to make it so often I had to find something a little less high fat (e.g about 260 cal versus well over 500 calories per serving for the full fat version). This tastes almost as good - beat 6 egg yolks with 1 TB vanilla; heat 3 cups half and half and 1/2 cup granulated sugar; combine, put in shallow custard dishes which are then placed in baking dish which is filled half way up with hot water; bake at 325 for about 45 minutes. After cooling in fridge for several hours sprinkle with brown sugar and torch. Yummy and each one is only about as bad for you as a dish of ice cream.

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thank you all for the information!

And for what it's worth, creme brulee is a British invention, so there...