Cheat’s Raspberry Créme BrülŽeé

This is a recipe from a friend mine Paul, he serves it in his pub and it goes down incredibly well indeed, really easy and takes out all the hassle.

Ingredients

• 125g ready made custard
• 80g mascarpone
• 80g crme fraiche
• 25g caster sugar
• 200g fresh or frozen raspberries
• 2tbsp caster sugar, to glaze with

Method

1. Put the custard, mascarpone, crme fraiche and sugar together into a large bowl and whisk together, gently, until the mixture thickens.
2. Divide the raspberries evenly into the small ramekins and then carefully spoon the creamy mixture onto the raspberries. Tap the dish to flatten and chill well for about two hours.
3. To finish, carefully sprinkle a couple of teaspoonfuls of caster sugar over each one and place briefly under a hot grill to caramelise: if you have a cook’s blowtorch, simply glaze the tops.
4. Serve as quickly as possible.

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