Creme Brulee - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. milk
1 c. heavy cream
1 vanilla bean, split
5 egg yolks
1/2 c. sugar, divided

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0. Scald the cream and milk with the vanilla bean; infuse for 10 minutes. Beat egg yolks with 2 teaspoons sugar until slightly thickened. Stir in hot cream and milk mixture. (If you do not use a vanilla bean, add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.) Strain mixture into 6 (4-ounce) ramekins. Set ramekins in a cold water bath and bake until skin forms (approximately 15 to 18 minutes). The custard underneath will remain liquid. Chill for 4 hours.