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Crème Brûlée

France's burnt-cream classic — cold custard under a caramel pane you get to break.

Etymology

brûléebroo-LAY

French brûler, 'to burn' ‹ Old French brusler

'Burnt cream' — the rare dish whose name is the recipe's last instruction.

Three centuries of the same good idea

Custard under burnt sugar appears in French, English, and Catalan cookbooks going back to the 1690s — everyone claims it, everyone's right to want it. The name that stuck is French: burnt cream.

The point has never changed: a cold vanilla custard, a hot caramel lid, and the single most satisfying crack in gastronomy.

Solo, or as our trio for the table that can't choose.

Asked at the counter

What makes a proper crème brûlée?

Cold vanilla custard under a hot, glassy caramel lid — the contrast is the dish. If it doesn't crack, send it back.

What is the trio?

Three small brûlées, three flavors, three cracks — the kitchen's rotating answer for tables that refuse to choose.

How it comes

Made in our own kitchen, fresh or frozen, ready for the parrilla or the table.

$8–$9.50 · trio $12–$13.50

Produced under USDA inspection
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