Please wait, the site is loading...

Cranberry crèmes brûlées


Serves: 6
timePrep time: 15 mins
timeTotal time:
Cranberry crèmes brûlées
Recipe photograph by Philip Webb/Peter Cassidy

Cranberry crèmes brûlées


Serves: 6
timePrep time: 15 mins
timeTotal time:

Rate this recipe
Print Print

Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
727Kcal
Fat
59gr
Saturates
35gr
Carbs
47gr
Sugars
44gr
Fibre
1gr
Protein
5gr
Salt
0.1gr

Annie Bell

Annie Bell

Annie started her career as a chef, and is now an award-winning food writer who has written more than a dozen cookbooks. Her recipes are always as beautiful as they are delicious.

See more of Annie Bell’s recipes
Annie Bell

Annie Bell

Annie started her career as a chef, and is now an award-winning food writer who has written more than a dozen cookbooks. Her recipes are always as beautiful as they are delicious.

See more of Annie Bell’s recipes

Ingredients

For the cranberry compote:
  • 250g cranberries
  • a few strips of pared orange zest, plus extra zest to serve
  • 50g caster sugar
For the custard:
  • 6 medium egg yolks
  • 3 heaped tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways, seeds removed, pod discarded
  • 600ml double cream
  • icing sugar, for dusting
For the caramel:
  • 125g caster sugar 

Step by step

Get ahead

Make the compote and brûlées up to 2 days ahead, drizzle with caramel and chill before serving.

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C, fan 140°C, gas 3. To make the compote, put the cranberries in a small saucepan with the orange zest and gently cook over a low heat for 5-8 minutes. Add the 50g caster sugar and heat for a few minutes more, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has melted and blended to a syrup with the juice. Transfer to a bowl, remove the orange zest, then leave to cool.

  2. Whiz all the ingredients for the custard, except the icing sugar, in a blender, and pass through a sieve into a bowl or jug. Divide slightly less than half the compote between six 150ml glass ramekins (or similar), then divide all the custard mixture between them. Place in a roasting tin with hot but not boiling water that comes two-thirds of the way up the sides of the ramekins, and bake for about 1 hour or until lightly golden and set. If you move a ramekin from side to side, the custard should wobble, but there should be no sign of liquid beneath the surface. Remove the ramekins from the tin and leave to cool to room temperature.

  3. Gently heat the sugar for the caramel in a small pan until about half of it has liquefied and started to colour, then stir it. Keep a careful eye on it, stirring frequently, until it is a deep gold, then remove from the heat. Dust the surface of each crème with icing sugar, using a tea strainer, then drizzle a teaspoon of caramel over each one. It should set hard within minutes. Cover and chill in the fridge for a couple of hours.

  4. To serve, top each crème brûlée with the remaining compote and orange zest.

You might also like...