Kabocha Crème Brûlée (かぼちゃのクリームブリュレ) is a great fall dessert. It is super easy to make this dessert at home and you only need a couple ingredients!
You only need five simple ingredients – pumpkin, heavy cream, milk, sugar, and eggs. These ingredients make for an exquisitely rich and elegant dessert. In this recipe, I introduce 2 options for how to make a crispy caramel coating on top of the Crème Brûlée. Most recipes require using a kitchen torch but I know there are so many people who don’t have one in their kitchen. Even I don’t own one for now, but you can still make tasty and easy pumpkin Crème Brûlée!
2 Ways to Make Crispy Caramelized Sugar on Surface
There are three ways to make a crispy, glass-like glaze on your Crème Brûlée.
- Kitchen torch – Melt the sugar with a kitchen torch until the sugar caramelizes evenly.
- Broiling – Set the oven to HIGH broil and cook for 5 minutes.
I strongly recommend using a kitchen torch but I understand if you don’t have it. Then do No2! It might be challenging but you can make it crispiness on surface of the Crème Brulee.
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Kabocha Crème Brulee
Ingredients
- 300 g kabocha After removing the skin and seeds.
- 150 ml whole milk
- 100 ml heavy (whipping) cream
- 2 large eggs
- 2 Tablespoon sugar
- sugar for top of the Brulee
Instructions
Preparation
- Oven : Preheat the oven 335°F (168°c).
- Kabocha : Remove the kabocha seeds and skin. Cut the kabocha into about 2 inches (5cm) wide and 2-3 inches long pieces. Move them to a microwave safe bowl and cover with cling wrap. Microwave for 5 minutes.
- Egg : Beat the eggs.
Let's make!
- In a blender, add kabocha, sugar, milk, and heavy cream. Blend everything.
- Then, move it to a medium or large bowl. Add beaten egg to the bowl. Mix well until it is smooth.
- Add the mixture into each baking ramekin.
- Put all of the ramekins into a large baking pan. Carefully pour the boiling water into the pan until it comes halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
- Move to the oven. Bake for 40 minutes.
- After 40 minutes, take out the baking pan and take out each ramekin from the baking pan. Put all of them in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle the top of the creme brulee with sugar and tap so it's even.
Option 1 : Using kitchen torch to finalize (I recommend this way)
- Melt the sugar on top of each creme brulee and form a crispy shell.
Option 2 : Using Oven to finalize
- Set the oven to HIGH broil and wait for 5 minutes.
- Put Creme Brulee to the oven and keep it as close to the flame as possible. Please keep a close eye on it in order not to burn too much. *You can put the creme brulees on one baking pan so it is easy to put to the oven.
- Broil for 3-5 minutes but be sure to remove them if the surface gets nicely brown before that time. Just turn off the oven and take them out.
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