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You'll Need:

1 cup heavy cream
1 cup half and half
3/4 cup canned pumpkin puree
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 t. ground cinnamon
1/2 t. ground ginger
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
1/4 t. ground cloves.
3 egg yolks
1 egg
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
pinch salt
suger
kitchen torch
ramekins (how many you'll need depends on the size you use)
components for water bath



How To:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk cream, half and half, pumpkin, 1/4 cup syrup, and spices together in a saucepan. Warm over med. heat until steam rises. DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL!

Whisk yolks, egg, remaining syrup, and salt together in a mixing bowl. Temper warm cream mixture into eggs, strain (if desired it's not really necessary), and pour into baking dishes (ramekins). Prepare a water bath and bake custards 35-45 minutes, or until set. They're set when they jiggle like jello when you gently shake them.

Remove ramekins from the water bath. Chill until completely cold, preferably overnight. Sprinkle with sugar completely coating surface of brulee. Caramelize each custard before serving by burning sugar on top with torch. Go slow you just want to barely melt the sugar otherwise it tastes quite burnt.



Here is a recipe for Creme Brulee sugar but truthfully regular granulated sugar works just as well and you skip the hassle.

Creme Brulee Sugar:

You'll Need:

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar.

Combing both sugars, then spread the mixture on a parchment-lined baking sheet. After baking the brulees, turn off the oven and place the pan inside for an hour to dry out the sugar. transfer sugar to a food processor and pulverize until fine. Store in an airtight container until ready to caramelize


Hope you enjoy

This is a really great dish and a fun substitute for pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. It has a bit of a rougher texture than most creme brulee but the taste more than makes up for it.

My family begs for me to make this whenever I visit and the best part is that for some reason everybody is convinced that this is an incredibly complicated dish when really it's just a bit time consuming.