Spring time dessert with honey and lavender

This is my favorite dessert in Spring. If you want to try it, just plan ahead because you need to prepare it one day earlier in order to enjoy its full flavors. And, you’d better not waiste the finest honey in it. It would be better to have one jar with cheap honey, cause high temperatures will turn even the best honey into a syrup, allowing you to enjoy the aroma, but not the exceptional nutritional value. If you do try the following recipe, do not hesitate to write a comment and perhaps share a photo on our Facebook page!

Honey Lavender Crème Brûlée
Makes 5-6 Servings

(recipe from the girl & the fig cookbook, by Sandra Bernstein)

2 1/4 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 tablespoons dried lavender, plus more for garnish
8 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar, plus about 4 tablespoons sugar for sprinkling
2 tablespoons wildflower honey
Place the cream and milk in a saucepan and add the lavender. Bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Let the lavender steep for about 15 minutes or until the milk has a lavender flavor. Meanwhile, beat the egg yolks, the 1/2 cup sugar, and the honey in a separate bowl until smooth. Whisk into the lavender-cream mixture. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve and skim off any foam. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

Preheat oven to 350F. Pour the mixture into 6 ramekins (I filled up 5). Set the ramekins in a baking pan and add enough hot water to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Cover the baking pan with foil and place in the oven. Bake for 40 minutes or until set. (Test for done-ness by jiggling the ramekins.) Remove the baking pan from the oven and allow the ramekins to cool in the water bath for 5 minutes. Refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.

Before serving, sprinkle the tops with a thin layer of sugar and caramelize with a small torch or under a broiler set on high. Garnish each crème brûlée with lavender blossoms.

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