Dark Chocolate Creme Brulee recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 50 mins
Cooling Time: 7 hrs refrigerating

Servings: 6

1 cup whipping cream
1 cup half-and-half
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE CHOCOLATIER 53% Cacao Dark Chocolate
    Baking Bar, broken into small pieces or 2/3 cup NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE
    Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
4 large egg yolks
1/2 cup granulated sugar
6 teaspoons granulated sugar, divided

PREHEAT oven to 300 degrees F.

PLACE cream, half-and-half and vanilla extract in large saucepan. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Add chocolate; whisk until melted and smooth.

WHISK egg yolks and 1/3 cup sugar in large mixer bowl. Gradually whisk in chocolate mixture.

POUR mixture through fine sieve into six 4-ounce ramekins or custard cups. Place ramekins in 13 x 9-inch baking dish; fill pan with hot water to 1-inch depth.

BAKE for 40 minutes or until custards jiggle slightly when pan is shaken. Cool custards in water until cool enough to handle. Remove custards from water; refrigerate for 2 hours. Cover with plastic wrap; continue to refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

PREHEAT broiler. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon sugar over tops of each custard. Place custards on baking sheet. Broil for 3 minutes or until sugar is melted and caramelized (rotate pan as needed to prevent burning). Alternately, tops can be caramelized using kitchen torch. Refrigerate for 2 hours so that the topping can harden and the custard can cool and set.

Nutritional information: Calories: 380 Calories from Fat: 240 Total Fat: 27 g Saturated Fat: 16 g Cholesterol: 210 mg Sodium: 25 mg Carbohydrates: 30 g Dietary Fiber: 1 g Sugars: 25 g Protein: 4 g

Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of Nestle and Meals.com.