‘A Dish From Dean’ – Crème Brulee with seasonal berry compote, shortbread biscuit

Well, well well. Crème Brulee. That’s Sunday dessert sorted. This is a real easy recipe in this week’s ‘A Dish From Dean’. Australian Chef Dean Coppard shares a selection of his easy recipes with us every Sunday.

This week we get to learn how to make a fabulous Crème Brulee thanks to Live It Experience It Chef Dean Coppard who loves doing his bit to encourage people to get into the kitchen and enjoy cooking.

Dean is a huge fan of teaching his own children how to cook and spends a lot of his time mentoring young chefs coming into the industry, hosting cooking workshops, leading cookery demonstrations at major events.

This week’s recipe is an easy one so have a go and let us know how you get on. The end result will no doubt be absolutely scrumptious.

 For the Brulee:

6 eggs yolks

100g of caster sugar

500ml of double cream

1 vanilla pod.

Method: In a stainless steel bowl whisk the egg yolks and the caster sugar together until combined. In a heavy bottom saucepan, warm the cream with the split vanilla pod in the cream mixture. Do not boil the milk but once its been simmered to a hot heat remove and whilst whisking the eggs mixture pour in the cream removing the vanilla pod.

Pour into ramekins until ¾ full and place the ramekins into a baking tray and carefully pour boiling water around the ramekins until the water reaches half way up the sides of ramekins. And bake in a pre-heated oven at 175c for 35/40mins wobble the baking tray and the brulee mixture should be firm, take out of the water and set aside.

For the berry compote:

500g of frozen berry’s

100g of caster sugar

100 ml of red wine

Method: place the berries in a pan, add the wine and the sugar, and simmer until a jam consistency is achieved.

For the shortbread:

50g of plain flour

50g of butter

85g of caster sugar

1 pinch of cinnamon

25g of rice flour

Method: beat the butter sugar and the butter together then add the flour and the cinnamon, roll out onto a floured surface until 1cm thick, cut into the desired shape and bake in a preheated oven at 180 for 8 -10 mins or until crispy brown.

To assemble:  Sprinkle a little sugar on the top of the brulee and blowtorch until the sugar is burnt, add the berry compote and the shortbread.

Enjoy!

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