Food Network: Creme Caramel

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Creme Caramel
Recipe courtesy Pastry Chef Sabastian of the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia

Ingredients
3 cups sugar
1/3 cup water
1 vanilla bean
1 1/3 cups whole milk
8 large eggs

Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

To make a caramel: In a small saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups of the sugar and the water and cook over
low heat, do not stir, until it turns into caramel, about 15 to 20 minutes. Immediately pour caramel
into 9-inch baking pan to about 1/4-inch deep.

Split open vanilla bean, using back of knife scrape out the inside seeds. In a medium bowl, mix
together the milk, eggs, remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar, and the vanilla seeds. Strain through a fine

sieve and pour on top of caramel in the pan. Place pan in a roasting pan half way filled with water.
Bake until the cream is set and does not move when shaken, about 40 minutes. Let set in the
refrigerator overnight and serve by turning the creme caramel upside down onto a plate, allowing the
caramel to coat it.