Instant Pot Creme Brulee: The BEST Recipe for Crème Brûlée - Daily Yum (2024)

Instant Pot Creme Brulee (or scroll for an oven version below)

I always thought that Creme Brulee is an exquisite kind of dessert and can only be made in a fancy restaurant by the best chefs and most likely the chef is even French. Even the words Crème brûlée sound so fancy and beautiful!

Once you break the Creme Brulee caramelized crust, there's a custard pudding underneath it, it instantly gives you an unbelievable flavor explosion in your mouth.

I never thought that it is possible to make Creme Brulee at home. Besides I was always terrified by making the crust with the torch and then got very nervous while breaking the crust too lol.

But thanks to YouTube, I watched few videos of people where they demonstrate how to make this delicate dessert in action. I could not believe my eyes how easy it is to make it. And even more mind-blowing, this dessert can be easily made in the Instant pot Pressure cooker. Please see my experiment of making creme brulee in Instant pot and oven-baked creme brulee; photos below.

(PS: Please save this Pinterest-friendly photo below. If you're not cooking this delicious dessert right now, you will easily find it in your saves later. This is the BEST recipe for Creme Brulee (Whether you're cooking in Instant Pot or oven-baking it).

Only 5 basic ingredients are needed to make Creme Brulee and it can be made low carb and keto friendly version. The end result is a deliciously creamy treat that melts in your mouth. Inspiration and adaptation: Thank you Amy+Jacky and Sparkles to Sprinkles

Creme Brulee Ingredients (6 portions)

• 6egg yolks
• 4 Tablespoons sugar brown or white (can sub for a granulated sweetener of choice)
• 2cupsheavy cream (500ml) I used a pint (473ml) and it worked fine.
• 2teaspoonsvanilla
• Pinchof salt

Optional

• 2 Tablespoons sugar (white or brown granulated) for caramelizing the top crust
• Kitchen torch.
• Some berries for decoration
• Equipment: Porcelain ramekins, 4 oz. Ovenproof.

Creme Brulee experiment.

I tested our beloved Creme Brulee by cooking it in Instant Pot and Baking it in the oven. Each method resulted in a different texture.

Oven method - thick, creamy, custard-like

Pressure cooker method - light, silky smooth, melt in your mouth

Conclusion - Both methods were good, but I fell in love with pressure cooker method's heavenly smooth and divine tasting Creme Brulee

Creme Brulee Recipe Notes:

I hope you enjoy the smooth and creamy deliciousness. The handy recipe printable is below plus few notes you want to make sure to read before you proceed.

1. If you don't have a ramekin, you can still make it in glass jars. I happened to have 4-ounce mason jars and Creme Brulee cooked perfectly fine in it.
2. There are some recipes on the web saying that you don't need a torch to caramelize the sugar. Some recipes suggest broiling the sugar in the oven - it still didn't work for me. I took it out of the broiler after 5 minutes, because the custard was getting hot, while the top was not caramelizing. Other recipes suggest that you can use a heated spoon. I didn't try the hot spoon method. Instead, I suggest using a cooking torch. It's a really handy tool that will get the job done in seconds. (see the video in action) The cooking torch can also be used to caramelize sugar on dishes like duck or goose pate (Foie gras) and to add beautiful finishing touches to the meats. Now we're talking some fancy french words and I totally feel like a top French chef maestro! haha
3. If you prefer, instead of caramelized sugar, you can use the whipped cream and berries on top.
4. This creme brulee dessert can be made low carb and keto-friendly. You just substitute sugar with your preferred sweetener. Same delicious results and texture. The sweeteners that I use - Swerve granular sugar, Erythritol natural sweetener, or Monkfruit 1:1 sugar substitute
5. While you separating eggs, be sure to save all your egg whites. I save them in a mason glass jar. The next morning you can have a delicious egg white omelette or you can make this 3 Ingredient Keto Friendly Paleo friendly Low Carb Flat bread.
6. If baking Creme Brulee: Follow the same instructions as above. Pre-heat oven to 300F (150C).
7. Place ramekins into a deeper pan. Pour the mixture evenly into the ramekins. Place on the middle rack and pour hot water into the pan until halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
8. Bake for 30 minutes.
9. Finally, if making creme brulee for ahead of time - Let them sit in the refrigerator until you're ready to surprise your guests and put a beautiful presentation with the blow torch caramelization. In other words, do not caramelize sugar ahead of time, but only right before serving. Or else, if sugar has already been caramelized by a torch and you put the creme brulee into the refrigerator, the caramelized coating will become soggy - keep this in mind. You will lose the caramelized hard crust.

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