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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> UK

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 30 minutes, Preparation Time - 10 minutes

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| 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). | 2. Beat egg yolks, 4 tablespoons white sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until thick and creamy. | 3. Pour cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost comes to boil. Remove the cream from heat immediately. Stir cream into the egg yolk mixture; beat until combined. | 4. Pour cream mixture into the top pan of a double boiler. Stir over simmering water until mixture lightly coats the back of a spoon, about 3 minutes. Remove mixture from heat immediately and pour into a shallow heat-proof dish. | 5. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight. | 6. Preheat oven to broil. | 7. In a small bowl combine remaining 2 tablespoons white sugar and brown sugar. Sift this mixture evenly over custard. Place dish under broiler until sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Watch carefully so as not to burn. | 8. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Refrigerate until custard is set again. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
egg yolk	6			328.44	3.6618	16.1772	27.0708
white sugar	6	tablespoons	divided	292.572	75.5849	0.0	0.0
vanilla extract	1/2	teaspoon		6.047999999999999	0.2656	0.0013	0.0013
heavy cream	2 1/2	cups		1020.0	8.22	8.52	108.24
brown sugar	2	tablespoons		68.4	17.6562	0.0216	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.