Classic crème brulee

Ingredients:

Ingredients:
1 pt double cream
Splash milk
5 egg yolks
50g vanilla sugar
1 vanilla pod

Method:

Warm the cream and milk with the split vanilla pod

Scrape out all the seeds from the vanilla pod and add back to the cream, stir well to incorporate all the seeds

Whisk the egg yolks and vanilla sugar until pale

Pour the cream onto the egg yolks and mix carefully to avoid frothing

Pour into ramekins and bake in a water bath in a low oven 130°c until set. Cooking will take at least an hour and maybe longer

Chill and sprinkle with a thin layer of caster sugar

Glaze with a blowtorch or under a hot grill