Recipe: Alfred Portale's Pumpkin Creme Brulee
(CBS News) The following recipes are from "Alfred Portale's Twelve Seasons Cookbook: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Best There Is to Eat" by Alfred Portale with Andrew Friedman (Broadway Books).
Pumpkin Creme Brulee
Brulee Sugar
Ingredients:
1 cup light brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
Combine the sugars, mixing well to integrate evenly. Spread on a baking sheet and dry in the oven for about 1 hour.
Transfer to a blender and process to a fine powder. Set aside, covered, and store in a cool dry place at room temperature for up to a week.
Custards
Ingredients:
2 cups milk
2 cups heavy cream
10 tablespoons sugar
1 cinnamon stick
½ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
9 large egg yolks
¾ cup unseasoned canned pumpkin
puree
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a saucepan, combine the milk, cream, sugar, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and nutmeg over medium heat until hot but not boiling. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
Remove the cinnamon stick. Whisk in the egg yolks, mixing until smooth.
Add the pumpkin puree, whisking until well blended.
Strain the custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Pour the custard into eight 4-ounce ramekins.
Set the ramekins in a shallow roasting pan or baking pan and put in the oven. Pour enough hot water into the pan to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the custards are set around the edges but still a little shaky in the center.
Carefully remove the pan from the oven. Remove ramekins from the water bath and let the custards cool to room temperature. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight.
For more info:
- Gotham Bar and Grill, New York City
- "Alfred Portale's Twelve Seasons Cookbook: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Best There Is to Eat" by Alfred Portale and Andrew Friedman (Broadway Books)
See more recipes from "Sunday Morning"'s 2013 "Food Issue"