Yuja Creme Brulee with Sesame Brittle 🍮🇰🇷

Description

Silky vanilla custard infused with bright yuja citrus, topped with a glass crack brûlée crust and a shard of toasted black sesame brittle for a real fine dining finish. 🍮
Hook ✨
One spoon breaks the caramel roof, and the yuja perfume hits like a Korean dessert bar. ✨

Ingredients

• Custard
• 🥛 480 ml heavy cream (2 cups / 16 fl oz)
• 🥛 240 ml whole milk (1 cup / 8 fl oz)
• 🍬 90 g sugar (⅓ cup plus 1 tbsp / 3.2 oz)
• 🧂 2 g fine sea salt (¼ tsp / 0.07 oz)
• 🥚 6 egg yolks (6)
• 🍦 5 ml vanilla extract (1 tsp / 0.17 fl oz)
• 🍋 60 g yuja marmalade or yuja syrup (¼ cup / 2.1 oz)
• 🍋 10 ml lemon juice, optional for extra brightness (2 tsp / 0.34 fl oz)
• Brûlée top
• 🍬 40 g superfine sugar (3 tbsp / 1.4 oz)
• Black sesame brittle
• ⚫ 25 g black sesame seeds (3 tbsp / 0.9 oz)
• 🍬 60 g sugar (¼ cup / 2.1 oz)
• 💧 20 ml water (4 tsp / 0.7 fl oz)
• 🧈 10 g butter (2 tsp / 0.35 oz)
• 🧂 1 pinch sea salt (pinch)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Heat the cream base
2. Heat cream, milk, sugar, and salt in a saucepan to steaming, 4–5 min, do not boil. 🥛
3. 2️⃣ Whisk yolks correctly
4. In a bowl whisk yolks 20 sec until smooth, then slowly stream in the hot cream while whisking. 🥚
5. 3️⃣ Infuse with yuja
6. Stir in vanilla and yuja marmalade, then strain through a fine sieve for a perfectly silky custard. 🍋
7. 4️⃣ Bake in a water bath
8. Pour into 4 ramekins, place in a deep tray, add hot water halfway up the sides. Bake at 150°C (300°F) for 30–35 min until edges are set and the center still jiggles. 🔥
9. 5️⃣ Chill to set
10. Cool 30 min, then cover and chill at least 4 h, ideally overnight, for the cleanest texture. ❄️
11. 6️⃣ Make sesame brittle
12. Toast sesame 60 sec in a dry pan. In a small pot cook sugar and water to a light amber caramel, 3–5 min, swirl the pot, no stirring. Add butter, salt, and sesame, pour onto baking paper, cool 10 min, then break into shards. ⚫
13. 7️⃣ Brûlée and serve
14. Sprinkle each custard with an even thin layer of sugar, torch until deep amber and glassy, then top with a sesame brittle shard. 🍬

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 20 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 35 min
🛋️ Rest: 240 min
⏰ Total: 295 min

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