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Try This at Home: How to Make Creme Brulee

From: Food Network Magazine

Food Network Magazine visited Aida Mollenkamp, host of Ask Aida, at home in San Francisco to learn how to make creme brulee.

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Creme Brulee is great for special occasions--it's fancy, but the vanilla bean is the only real splurge in the recipe. "Don't worry if you don't own a kitchen torch: You can just turn on the broiler, put the custards on a baking sheet and broil them for 3 to 5 minutes," Aida says.

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"I like superfine sugar because you can use it all the way through this recipe, and it gives you nice, even caramelization," Aida says.

A Hand Holding an Egg Yolk Scooped From Several Eggs in a Mixing Bowl

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If you have to separate many eggs for a recipe, crack them into a bowl, then just scoop out each yolk and let the whites fall back in.

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Halve the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with a paring knife. Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F.