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I Bought a Motherfuckin' Blowtorch!

March 4, 2009 1:19 AM

ome of you--chelsadilla, I'm looking at you here (side note: do you know how hard it was not to type an "@" symbol before her name? Twitter rocks!)--might belittle the blowtorch I bought and call it a "kitchen torch" or a "cooking torch." Well, if you belittle my motherfuckin' blowtorch, you can fuck right off. Also, the next person who makes fun of the blowtorch gets no creme brulee.

Because, you see, I am now the master of the creme brulee. I'm in love with this shit, and now I can make it.

I had never had this particular dessert until a few weeks ago when chelsadilla and I went out for dinner at Biaggi's, some slightly more up-scale than the Olive Garden Italian place. I had never had creme brulee, so when I saw it on the menu, I decided I'd give the thing a try. And it was awesome. So. Fucking. Awesome.

Then, this weekend, bolstered by false confidence in my own cooking abilities thanks to recent successes in the area of imitating Jamie Oliver, I decided I was up to the task of making creme brulee myself. So chelsadilla and I went to Orange Tree Imports--which is awesome--and I bought this kit that came with a blowtorch and four ramekins.

We came back here, invited some people over, hung out, and pH helped me take a swing at the creme brulee thing. That first attempt was decent, I'm told, although I was disappointed. The custards came out really oily, although they tasted good. I don't know where we went wrong, although I blame my sauce pan. Other potential culprits include my incessant need to whisk the cream and the possibility that I overcooked these things.

So tonight, frustrated at what I viewed as a culinary defeat, I decided to try again since, well, the total cost of ingredients is about $2.00 and there's really not that much work involved. I followed a different, slightly simpler recipe and was taken aback by the results. Frankly, these things rock. Thanks to pH's instructions about how to handle the whole "make the egg yolks hot but don't cook them" issue, I totally succeeded this time around.

Creme brulee is now my favorite dessert. I just can't believe that this thing involves literally four ingredients and about ten minutes' worth of actual work.

Awesome.



5 Comments


The Reeg said:

Yay! You should come over this weekend and make us some creme brulee! Incidentally, how much does the little torch cost? We're good on ramekins, but I may or may not be in the market for a blowtorch depending on how expensive they are.

March 4, 2009 2:14 PM



Anonymous said:

"...fuck right off"

was that written by British Andy?

March 4, 2009 2:56 PM



Anonymous said:

As happy as i am that you have a new toy, my delicious homemade three layer (no eggs) chocolate cake will kick your pretentious creme brulee's ass anyday.


March 23, 2009 1:20 PM



Destry said:

There’s ntoinhg like the relief of finding what you’re looking for.

July 10, 2011 4:43 AM






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