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Handwritten notebook page 3, showing Crème Brûlée
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Crème Brûlée

Dessert

Ingredients

8egg yolks
6 tbspsugar
2 tspvanilla
3 cupscream (half and half)
as neededbrown sugar

Method

  1. Combine yolks, sugar, vanilla and cream.
  2. Stir over a double boiler until thick.
  3. Pour into glasses and chill until firm.
  4. Top with brown sugar and glaze under the broiler.
  5. Serve immediately.

Notes

  • The yolk count is written over another digit; 8 is the best reading.
As written in 1982
Creme Brulee
8 yolks, 6T sugar, 2t vanilla
3 cups cream (Half Half) stir over
double boiler until it becomes
thick. Pour into glasses. Chill
to firm. Top brown sugar & glaze
in broiler. serve immediately

Also on this page: Pink ink from the other side of the leaf shows through on the right page.

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