Crème brûlée is a nutrient-dense dessert
Even though crème brûlée is rich and decadent, it’s actually pretty easy to make and requires only 4 ingredients: egg yolks, heavy cream, sugar and vanilla. The reason this dessert is considerably more nutrient-dense than most desserts is thanks to the eggs and heavy cream. Because of these ingredients, just one serving of cinnamon crème brûlée has over 80% of your daily vitamin A intake (specifically skin-loving retinol) and half of your daily choline needs. It’s also exceptionally high in phosphorus, selenium, calcium, vitamin E, and B vitamins. Seriously a powerhouse of a dessert.
Kitchen essentials
- A small-medium mixing bowl
- Ramekins
- A baking dish that fits both ramekins. Mine is 11″ x 7″.
- A small saucepan (to boil water)
- A wire cooling rack
- A culinary butane torch (I got mine at Home Depot).
Substitutions
- Vanilla paste: can be substituted with equal parts vanilla extract
- Sugar: I like to use cane sugar in the custard filling, but I highly recommend using granulated table sugar for the crunchy topping. Granulated table sugar gives the best caramelization.



Nutrition Facts
2 servings per container
Serving Size1 ramekin
Calories564
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Total Fat
48.7g
75%
- Saturated Fat 29.5g 148%
- Trans Fat 1.5g
- Cholesterol 372.1mg 125%
- Sodium 43.0mg 2%
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Total Carbohydrate
26.4g
9%
- Dietary Fiber 0.0g 0%
- Sugars 25.8g
- Protein 6.9g 14%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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