Easy Crème Brûlée Using Melted Ice Cream
 

This has been all over the interwebs/tiktok/etc...

https://tasty.co/recipe/3-ingredient-creme-brulee

Ingredients

for 1 serving

½ cup vanilla ice cream
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon sugar

Preparation

-Preheat the oven to 325˚F (160˚C).

-Scoop the ice cream in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave the ice cream for 30 to 40 seconds or until completely melted. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.

-Add the egg yolk into the melted ice cream and whisk well.

-Pour the mixture into a ramekin. Place the ramekin in a pan. Pour hot water into the pan to come roughly halfway up the sides of the ramekin.

-Bake for 40-50 minutes. The crème brûlée should be set, but still a little jiggly in the middle. Remove the ramekins from the roasting pan, allow to cool to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, and up to 3 days.

-Remove the crème brûlée from the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before browning the sugar on top.

-Sprinkle a tablespoon of sugar on top of each crème brûlée. Using a torch, melt the sugar to an amber color for a crispy top. If you don’t have a torch, you can broil the crème brûlée to melt the sugar. Keep an eye on it to make sure you don’t overcook it.

-Allow the crème brûlée to sit for at least 5 minutes before serving.

-You can also make various crème brûlée flavors by using different ice cream flavors. If you are using flavored ice cream, use 1 egg instead of 1 yolk.

I made some today using lemon-blueberry ice cream from Wegmans. :) A full pint will yield 4 ramekin servings. :seasix:

Here’s a photo of them baked and cooling. They smelled heavenly! Will caramelize the sugar on top tomorrow before serving. :seasix:

Sugar applied to tops just before broiling...

Brûlée’d!

Crack the top with a spoon and enjoy!

I’ve made traditional vanilla crème brûlée many times over and wanted something different...the lemon blueberry came out pretty tasty IMHO. I liked the wild blueberries the ice cream base had. :cool:

10/10, would make again...think I’ll do lemon raspberry next, maybe blackberry another time also. :seasix:

Would the chocolate chip cookies go with the cream brûlée?

Omg! That sounds amazing!

Gonna try it tonight.

:skep: Chocolate chip cookies go with everything. :yesnod:

:cheers: