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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 30 minutes, Preparation Time - 30 minutes

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| 1. In a medium heavy-bottomed pan, heat cream with vanilla beans until bubbles begin to form at edges. Remove from heat and let stand 30 minutes. | 2. Beat egg yolks with sugar until pale and thick. Remove vanilla beans from cream and pour into egg yolk mixture. Cook, without boiling, over low heat until mixture thickens and coats the back of a metal spoon. Remove from heat and divide evenly among 6 large ramekins or custard cups. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours, until set. | 3. Prior to serving, sprinkle remaining sugar evenly over custards and brown with a kitchen torch or under the oven broiler. Refrigerate until serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
heavy cream	3	cups		1224.0	9.863999999999999	10.224	129.888
vanilla bean	2			24.191999999999997	1.0626	0.005	0.005
egg yolk	8			437.92	4.8824	21.5696	36.0944
white sugar	1/2	cup		387.0	99.98	0.0	0.0
white sugar	1	tablespoon		387.0	99.98	0.0	0.0

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