Creme Brulee

[chef k-dude]

Why not?...so simple.

5 egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar (I make it closer to keto with 1/4 cup Natural Mate granular sucralose with Erythritol, nobody can tell its not sugar)

Whisk it up

Somehow I missed where I whisked in the two cups of HWC and 1.5 tsps vanilla extract, but this right here is the only hard/critical part, the water bath. Very delicate operation to slide the rack in and out without sloshing anything.

An inverted mason jar canning grabber makes getting them out of the water bath easy. I've learned a little browning on top is fine, I like the custard to be fully set and since we are bruleeing you dont see that or even realize its there.

325 for an hour

A torch is always a "blast". About a teaspoon of turbanado sugar, not keto but only about 4 grams carbs

Till the sugar forms like a glass plate on top you can tap with the spoon and hear it

There's something special about simple creme brulee

My turbanado is really old, thats why you can still see some granules in there. I could not see that at 9PM with the naked eye. Eats just fine though!

 

[pushok2018]

Very nice! I wish I could have some...

 

[noboundaries]

That looks GREAT! I might have to try keto Creme Brulee, one of my two absolute favorite desserts. Peach cobbler is the other. Might have to try a keto version of it, too.

 

[Astralogics]

Beautiful execution, would love to try some!

 

[indaswamp]

Very nicely done! Excellent execution! Pecan praline creme brulee is one of my all time favorite desserts!

 

[chef k-dude]

Thanks everybody. We'll probably have another serving tonight. I'll try to get that brulee sugar totally melted this time! I usually make a sugar free raspberry compote to go on top but I didn't have any frozen raspberries in the freezer and this was kind of last minute trying to use up some cream before it went bad.

That looks GREAT! I might have to try keto Creme Brulee, one of my two absolute favorite desserts. Peach cobbler is the other. Might have to try a keto version of it, too.

Not sure what sweetener you use but the Natural Mate is my go to on this recipe and some others and also my daily sugar replacement for hot tea. It's a bit pricey but not as bad as Bochasweet. But Bochasweet will actually make simple syrup where the Natural Mate wont...long story but trust me on that one! Bochasweet is a must for my sugar free ice cream though, it behaves more like real sugar.

You got me thinking about peach cobbler too. Need to get on that before the summer heat hits. I make a good compote that would work with it using the Natural Mate and it would be a cool way to use up some sourdough starter discard. Not totally keto but sugar free at least!

Very nicely done! Excellent execution! Pecan praline creme brulee is one of my all time favorite desserts!

I am going to have to look in to that! The low carb site I used to be on (not a functioning site anymore for some reason) had some folks who were making sugar free pralines. We arent strict low carb anymore but I do try to avoid sugar when I can. My wife would really like the praline pecan idea. I do these kinds of desserts for her, I dont really have much of a sweet tooth usually.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Man I love that stuff and yours looks great! Never heard of that sweetener? I been using Lakanto Classic Monk Fruit Sweetener With Allulose. I will be making these.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Nicely done Ken, like I mentioned before , I love this stuff.
And you did good. I usually use my weed burner torch it only takes 3 seconds .......lol , just kidding

David

 

[TexasMuskrat]

Man oh man this makes it hard to fight those sugar cravings. Those look amazing great cook!

 

[chef k-dude]

Forgot to link that sweetener. I just ordered 4 one pound bags. Made it less expensive than amazon. It's good till 2028.

If you are a low carber, gluten free, etc.. Netrition has a lot of products. Not cheap but they have stuff you wont find at the grocery store. Free shipping if you spend $100. Fortunately sugar free has become a "thing" and more SF options are available even at Walmart now. I rarely buy from Netrition anymore because we are not strict low carb now but the 4 bags of NaturalMate was the best deal I could find.

Fortunately there are some low carb bread options now in the stores. The 6-4-7 product line is good if you can find it in your stores and Sola makes a decent low carb bagel.

Natural Mate Sucralose with Erythritol, All Purpose Natural Sweetener 1 lb.

Granulated Low Carb Sweetener 0 Calories, 0g Sugar Gluten Free, Sugar Free Non-GMO Ingredients Natural Mate Sucralose with Erythritol is an All Purpose Natural Sweetener that can be used in drinks, cooking, and baking. Natural Mate Sucralose with Erythritol looks and tastes like sugar and can...

netrition.com

 

[jcam222]

Looks great! Have you never used 100% sugar replacement?

 

[indaswamp]

Looks great! Have you never used 100% sugar replacement?

I have made zabaglione with allulose and it worked great.

 

[chef k-dude]

The only real sugar in this is the turbanado on top. I dont know of an SF alternative for the proper brulee. I think I tried an Erythritol based "brown sugar" once and it doesn't behave the same. It's only just enough to barely cover the top, about a teaspoon.

I've never worked with allulose. From what I quickly read the zabaglione is not a brulee with the cruncy crust on top. Indaswamp is one of our resident chemists apparently so maybe has experience with a SF substance that will brulee to a hard shell?

 

[chef k-dude]

Another way of looking at it!