Creme caramel recipe

Hello everyone! Hope your all ok? So creme caramel....i have never even tried this let alone made it, complete spare of the moment bake! I always thought it would be really hard to make this but it was actually one if the easiest things I've made! For those who don't know, creme caramel is a baked egg custard coated in caramel...so let's dive in!

You will need:-

For the caramel:

5oz granulated sugar

2.5 tbsp water

For the custard:

4 whole eggs

1 egg yolk

500ml milk

2tsp vanilla extract

4oz granulated sugar

Method:-

1) preheat oven to gas mark 2

2) grease 4 ramekin dishes with butter and place them in a bigger ceramic or roasting dish

3) for the caramel, place the sugar and water into a saucepan and heat on a low heat, stir only until the sugar is dissolved and then leave to boil when it starts to colour tip the pan from side to side to mix, don't stir just wiggle the pan, once its a copper colour turn off the heat and pour a little into the bottom of the ramekin dishes

4) for the custard mix the eggs, egg yolk and sugar together, then mix together the milk and vanilla extract and add that to the egg mixture! Once mixed pour the mixture through a sieve and into a clean bowl

5) pour the custard mixture into the ramekins on top of the caramel

6) using boiling water from a kettle fill the ceramic or roasting dish the ramekins are in, fill so the water reaches half way up the ramekin dishes

7) bake in the oven for aprox 40mins or until custard is set, it will still have a little wobble to it but it shouldn't be liquidy!!

8) once cooked, take out the ceramic or roasting dish and leave to cool for 20 mins then place in the fridge for about 2 hours, after the 2 hours scrape a knife around the edge of the custard to loosen it and tip them out onto a plate and enjoy!!:) 

Happy baking

Xxx