This decadent dessert tastes like you slaved away on it, but it’s actually effortless. Lavender creme brulee is made with whole ingredients.
Lavender Creme Brulee In the Instant Pot
Creme Brulee is a French recipe that is also known as burned cream. It’s made with a rich custard base and topped with caramelized sugar. I discovered a way to speed up the process and make it in my Instant Pot.
✒️ Intro
If there was one dish I thought I’d never make in a pressure cooker is Crème Brûlée. Ok, next to a cheesecake. Yes, I made her cheesecake once to “challenge” myself and I didn’t make it again since no one in my family eats dairy, except me. And I regretted it for days after I finish the cake by myself.
But Crème Brûlée for ONE is how I make up for not having a whole cheesecake.
🥘 Ingredients
I adapted hip Pressure Cooking’s recipe – wish I had her cute heart shaped ramekins.
I used only the most whole and freshest ingredients in this dessert and the result was surprising.
Egg:
Since this is a recipe for one person, I only used one egg yolk. This is a fantastic source of healthy fats.
Sugar
I use organic sugar because, you know, if I’m going to indulge a little, I want the real sugar since I don’t use it for anything else.
Lavender Buds
I added lavender buds since I had a pinch left from my bestie Anna, who owns Anna Lee’s Herbs. Yes, I really did bake with real flowers!
These buds are still intoxicatingly fragrant even though I picked them from her garden this past summer. Adding lavender was a new gastronomic adventure since I never cook with it, except adding it in Herbes de Provence. I’m glad I did because the taste and smell were incredible.
Indulge a little today. This won’t kill you. It’s a sweet little guilt free dessert you can allow yourself to have once in awhile.
Heavy Cream
Use full-fat and from organic milk. This will give your creme brulee the texture it is known for.
❓ FAQ
Where Can I Buy Dried Lavender For Baking?
Lots of places that sell culinary spices will carry dried lavender. If you happen to have access to fresh lavender buds, you can dry them yourself and use those.
Are Herbs de Provence The Same As Dried Lavender?
The spice blend known as herbs de provence is a mixture that contains lavender mixed with other herbs. In addition to the lavender, it also has mint and other savory spices.
Can I Freeze The Creme Brulee?
No, do not freeze this dessert. It will change the consistency and make them far too thick to enjoy. Custard is supposed to be creamy and delicate, not frozen like ice cream.
Obviously, if you want to make more than one serving, multiply the portions accordingly. You can fit about 3 ramekins comfortably in the Instant Pot.
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- Dairy-Free No-Bake Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes
- Green Tea Ice Cream
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📖 Recipe
📖 Recipe
Lavender Crème Brûlée in Instant Pot
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Egg Yolk from a free-range pastured chicken egg.
- ⅓ C Heavy Cream
- 1 tsp Raw Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ⅛ tsp vanilla scraped from real vanilla beans
- A Pinch of food-grade organic lavender buds to top before baking and after when sugar has browned.
- 1 tsp of raw sugar for topping
Instructions
- Warm heavy cream and dissolve sugar and then cool to room temp
- Whisk egg yolk into the cream mixture.
- Add vanilla extract, vanilla bean and lavender buds.
- Pour into a ramekin.
- Add 1 cup water and place the trivet or a steamer.
- Place the ramekin on top of the trivet.
- Set on HIGH for 9 minutes and NPR
- Take out the ramekin and cool for at least 45 minutes and refrigerate for additional 4- 5 hours or overnight.
- Sprinkle 1 tsp of sugar and broil until the sugar browns…it took me about 3 minutes in my convection oven. Yours might vary. Be careful NOT to broil it too long as it will make the creme get softer. If it happens, put it back in the fridge until it gets firmer.
Notes
Nutrition
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How many ounces did your ramekin hold?
I belive 4 oz… This is from a set of 4. This is the set. http://amzn.to/1PXZKsc
Wow this looks so good! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Savoring Saturdays linky party. I’ll be featuring it this week. Hope you’ll come back and join us again.
Thx Emily! I’m glad you like the recipe!
You had me at Lavender! Brilliant idea. Pinning it for later use.
Thanks Andcakestoo! I love lavender too!
I love me some creme brulee. I never would have thought of including lavender but it looks like a nice addition.
Thx greenmomsco! I learned about adding lavender years ago and now I had Anna’s fresh organic lavender buds, I wanted to try it! It smells amazing!
YUM!
It sure was YUMMY Lynn!
Yum!! Pinning.
Aw.. thx for pinning!
You are quickly becoming an Instant Pot authority, Karen! How do you have time for it? Anxiously awaiting the cookbook I hope you write!
Ha! You and me both!
Sounds so good. I’ve never had lavender creme brulee… what a treat!
Thx Marissa!
I think I need to check out the Instant Pot. I can tell you truly love it! What else do you make in it? Rice?
Lori, I wanted a stainless steel pot to make rice so I looked into several options and IP stood out as being the most reasonably priced and reliable appliance for making rice and so many other dishes. Since I got IP, my stove top has been used so much less. Saves energy since it takes 1/3 time to cook and you don’t have to babysit! Click “instantpot” tag and you’ll see the recipes I’ve listed so far. There are so many more to be posted soon! If you use the discount code and click the banner above, the price is cheaper than even Amazon! No Shipping and No Tax in certain states.
Oh my gosh – now that I have an Instant Pot I can try this! I’m sure my family would LOVE it!
They will LOVE it Micaela! Try one for yourself first, if it doesn’t get stolen. 😉
Keep growing herbs Anna so I can have an endless supply! I thought the same about lavender but this didn’t taste like soap, thankfully! 🙂
I never thought of adding lavender to this recipe. I was always afraid lavender in cooking would taste soapy. Now I can’t wait to try it.
So I will grow the herbs and you develop the recipes!