Pumpkin Cognac Crème Brûlée
Makes 8 servings
Ingredients:
| 3 cups | whipping cream |
| 6 | large egg yolks |
| 1/2 cup plus2 tablespoons | sugar, plus more for brûlée topping |
| 1/2 cup plus3 tablespoons | canned pumpkin |
| 1/4 teaspoon | kosher salt |
| 1/2 teaspoon | ground cinnamon |
| 1/4 teaspoon | ground ginger |
| 1/4 teaspoon | ground nutmeg |
| 1/4 teaspoon | ground cloves |
| 1/4 teaspoon | freshly ground pepper |
| 1 teaspoon | vanilla |
| 2 tablespoons | cognac (substitute rum or brandy, if desired) |
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325°. Place 8 (6-ounce) ramekins or custard cups in a heavy-duty roasting pan.
Heat whipping cream to just under a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat (I usually do this in a double boiler to ensure that the cream doesn’t scald). Remove from heat.
Combine remaining ingredients in a large mixing bowl, whisking together just until smooth. Gradually whisk in hot cream. It’s important to do this gradually, you don’t want the cream to curdle or the egg yolks to cook into lumps. Pour mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a pitcher.
Divide custard evenly among ramekins. Fill pan with hot water to a depth of 1 inch. Cover with aluminum foil, crimping around edges of pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until custard is barely set and jiggles when shaken. Remove ramekins from water bath, let cool, and chill 3 hours or up to 3 days. Make sure they’re cooled completely before putting them in the fridge – they’ll form condensation over they’re still a tad warm. If they do form condensation, not to worry, just pat them lightly with a paper towel to absorb the moisture before the next step.
Remove from refrigerator. Sprinkle surface of each custard evenly with 1 scant tablespoon sugar. Caramelize sugar with a kitchen blowtorch, moving flame quickly back and forth across custard (this is the fun part!). Let cool 2 to 3 minutes before serving.
Note: If you don’t have a kitchen blowtorch, broil 3 inches from heat 2 to 3 minutes or until sugar caramelizes. Watch it closely, though, it can burn and you don’t want the custard to have a chance to heat up, either.
For a nonalcoholic version of this dish, simply leave out the cognac; you’ll lose depth of flavor, but the custard will cook the same. Do not substitute pie filling for the canned pumpkin and spices. Prep: 15 minutes; Bake: 45 minutes; Chill: 3 hours.
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I love the pumpkin cognac creme brulee. This is prefect on weekend as one of my gift to my aunt’s birthday. I love the color and the moist.
Wow, it looks yummy and delicious! The recipe is there but I don’t know how to make it. I will share it to my Grand Mom and I will get the recipe too. This is truly perfect for weekends!
It is so delicious!This is also good for those who want to eat vegies w/o too much ingredients 😀
I will definitely try this…healthy but delicious! I will probably put rum instead of cognac. Thanks! 🙂
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My partner has never been a big pumpkin lover, Stacy, yet I’ve always loved it! I think this might just be the recipe to win her over with! Yum! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I am pumpkin lover and am ALWAYS looking for new ways to enjoy it! This looks absolutely delicious! Thanks, Stacy!
Wow, surprisingly I never knew this.I have been reading your blog a lot over the past few days and it has earned a place in my bookmarks.Thanks for sharing with us.
Since it’s October I guess everything-pumpkin will grow and popularity and this is the first I’ve heard of for making use of pumpkins..Can’t wait to try out this Pumpkin Cognac Crème Brûlée on Sunday.
Wow!!!! Thanx for this great recipe, I’ll definitely try it on Valentines Day .. Thanx a lot 🙂
Thanx for Recipe.. I mostly don’t cook, but after reading this post … I’ll talk to my mum to cook this for me 😉 … Thanx a lot 🙂
My mum used to make a pumpkin pie when i was a kid but i dont think she used any cognac in it, sounds delisious
I wanted to try this pumpkin recipe. Usually I used pumpkin for our main dish with some meat and maybe I could try pumpkin for dessert.
Hi,
I really enjoy to read this pumpkin recipe.I try at home and really the taste of this recipe is awesome…
Thank u…
Creme brule is my favorite desert! and I love pumpkin. I have tried many recipes before but yours is one of the best I have ever tried for sure! Many thanks for sharing this recipe.
Regards
John
I really like pumpkin. I try this recipe to my house and yes it is delicious taste..
Thanks for sharing us
i so much love this fruit
i wanted to introduce it to my family but no one agrees its a nice fruit
please where can i get this fruit???…i have eaten it just once and i liked it
Wow… its Awesome .. I like Pumpkin very Much.. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for sharing it looks great to me!
I have tried to make this for first time and It was nothing but awesome.. Thank you ..
Planning on trying your recipe this weekend. I sure hope that it turns and tastes as good as yours.
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Excellent read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing some research on that. And he just bought me lunch as I found it for him smile Thus let me rephrase that: Thank you for lunch!
Hi,
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I want this from so many days and you make it easy for me
Loved your recipe, just the other day I had tried it out.
You recipe really gave birth to a new food.
Great..
Thanks..
Loved the new food.
Keep posting more receipes.
Thanks again…
I love the Pumpkin and it was a delicious Item that I eat for first time. Thank you for share,
yummmm… looks delicious! thanks…..
Hi,
Thanks for the Recipe!! I’ll have guests on friday and I thought I should cook this for them! 😀
Thanks you so much,
Dravis A.
Thank you very much for sharing this recipe. It looks really delicious. I will definitely try this. I will surprise my mom with this on mother’s day. I am sure she will love this 🙂
I want to try this pumpkin recipe. Thank you for sharing. I will definitely try this. It looks really yummy! I am sure my little cousins will love this.
I really Love the Pumpkin and It is a very nice to see that you are making a delicious item from it. Reading it for first time and exited to make it and taste it.
Hey ,
I have tried to make this for first time and It was nothing but awesome.. Thank you ..
What a great way to serve vegetables especially for children. I have a 4 year old niece that dislikes pumkin. Maybe she’ll love this one. Picture looks very appetizing.
great post .i love pumpkin .I want to try this pumpkin recipe. thanks for sharing these awesome article.
Okay, wow – this just looks amazing. I’m making this TONIGHT after work! LOL
Thanks!
<3 Deb
Great recipe. Cant wait to try it our. Never thought of something like this for sweetness
I love any thing made up of pumpkin, was searching for dishes that can be made of pumpkin and I ended up here. Thanks for sucha good explanation .Trying ryt now, will post back how it was
A great dish and its very easy to make n really its so tasty. thanks for sharing your article on this dish.
Nice.. I will definitely try this…healthy but delicious! I will probably put rum instead of cognac. Thanks for sharing this idea..
I love to eat recipe which was made with pumpkin because pumpkin is my favorite. Here you shared a good dish which is looking yummy. Thanks for sharing this dish with making procedure and I’ll make this at my home. Keep sharing such a nice dishes.
Thanks for the recipe, Hoping to try on Sunday.
Thanks for the recipe – it looks yummy
Yummy, thanks for the recipe 🙂
nice recipe… i made it today by seeing this…. everybody liked it in my familt.. 🙂 thanks for the recipe
Thise sure looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe …Preparing for it right now 😀
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very good recipe kids always happy to eat this, thanks for sharing
I really want to do this recipe, it is so intriguing! I can’t wait to try this. These look good. I’ll follow and try to do it at the weekend. Many thanks!
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