dessert

You know you want some.

I decided to have a tea party with a few lovely friends and made some crème brûlée based on the recipes at Cooking for Engineers and Food Network.  The amount of egg yolk varies between recipes and in my experience, most people won't notice the difference if you skip the vanilla bean and just use vanilla extract.  Paula Deen has a chocolate version.

Ingredients:

• 16 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 quart of heavy cream
• 1 vanilla bean

Instructions: