Creme Brulee Cocktail
This dessert cocktail is a bit fiddley… but well worth it when you take your first sip of pure vanilla silk. The essence of creme brulee, complete with burnt sugar rim, is the perfect cocktail to sip while tucked away by a roaring fire.
Ingredients
1 cup heavy cream
1 vanilla bean
1 T casters sugar, plus more for garnish
1 part vanilla vodka
1 part Frangelico
To create the burnt sugar rim, lightly wet the rim of a glass, and dip it in a plate of sugar. Then, using a kitchen torch, carefully blast the sugar until it browns. If you don’t have a torch, you can try the broiler. Either way, make sure that you are using glass that can stand the heat… and allow the glass to cool at room temperature for at least 15 minutes before touching it! It’s best to start out caramelizing the glasses before you make the cocktail. Don’t worry… if you choose to forgo the burnt sugar, the drink itself is plenty tasty without it… just increase the sugar stirred into the cream a bit.
To make the drink, heat the cream, vanilla bean and sugar over medium high heat until it just begins to boil, stirring continuously. Remove from heat and add the vodka and Frangelico. Allow to cool slightly.
Shake with ice and strain into your caramelized glass. Also great served warm in a mug!
Also published on Well Fed Network’s The Spirit World.
PS: In case I don’t get a chance to post again, I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday!
December 21st, 2006 at 8:23 pm
Exquisite. I’ll be making this on cold winter nights. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Also, I just love the drips of caramelized sugar down the side of the glass in the photo.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:56 am
That looks amazing. My bf loves creme brulee. I may try that…
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:30 am
Hope you have a good holiday too!
December 23rd, 2006 at 3:23 am
I love crèmes brûlées and this is an original way to have the caramelized taste I adore!! Have nice holidays as well.
December 23rd, 2006 at 11:04 am
I want to lick that glass! Creme brulee is my favorite dessert and I imagine that it translates beautifully into this drink!
December 23rd, 2006 at 4:06 pm
I think I would become addicted to this all too quickly! What a lovely drink and thank you for sharing the recipe.
I’d also like to thank you for your beautiful blog and photos. All the best in 2006!
December 29th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Thanks All! After I finished making this cocktail, I realized that a little sugar basket on top would have been even prettier and given even more caramelly goodness.
January 2nd, 2007 at 6:18 pm
such a great idea…all my favourite things in the one glass
beautiful pic as always
January 28th, 2007 at 8:16 am
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July 5th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I just stumbled upon your blog through other blogs, and I must say that I’m very impressed by the plating/presentation of this cocktail! Nice.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:02 pm
cause i haven’t any kitchen torch or gas broiler, i caramelized shugar in a saucepan and dipped the glass in the caramelized shugar (->shugar-rim get’s thicker!
) also i replaced the vanilla vodka with liquor 43 (spanish vanilla liquor). first, it was too sweet, so i cooled it down with some icecubes..
great recipe!
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I think I’m in heaven - I love creme brulee and now you’ve made it into cocktail form! You just made me sooo happy!