Pumpkin Creme Brulee
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Recipe Type: Creme Brulee
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Serves: 8
 
Ingredients
  • 1-3/4 cups heavy cream
  • 1 Spice Islands Vanilla Bean, split lengthwise, pulp scraped
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • ½ cup pure maple syrup
  • 10 egg yolks
  • 2 teaspoons Spice Islands Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • ¼ cup pecans, finely chopped, toasted
  • 1 tablespoon Spice Islands Crystallized Ginger, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Spice Islands Crystallized Ginger, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon pecans, finely chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325ºF.
  2. Whisk together cream, vanilla, pumpkin, and syrup in a heavy saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium heat. Whisk egg yolks and pumpkin pie spice in a separate bowl.
  3. Add the hot pumpkin mixture slowly to the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Add ¼ cup pecans and 1 tablespoon crystallized ginger. Pour mixture into eight 6-ounce ramekins. Place ramekins in a hot water bath.
  4. Bake about 40 to 45 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center of custard comes out clean. Transfer ramekins to a rack to cool completely. Chill, covered, until cold (at least 2 hours).
  5. Combine sugar, 1 teaspoon ginger and 1 tablespoon pecans. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons evenly over each ramekin. Broil until topping is caramelized. Serve.
Recipe by Culinary Thymes at https://www.culinarythymes.com/bake-for-the-cure-recipe-pumpkin-creme-brulee/