One of the biggest hurdles inhibiting home cooks from recreating crème brûlée in their kitchens is the lack of access to a kitchen torch. To be fair, even though there are several creative ways ...

You'll also need a mini-blowtorch to caramelise the top ... Place the bain-marie into the preheated oven and cook the creme brulees for about 30-35 minutes, until set firm but still with a ...

Using a cook’s blowtorch, caramelise the sugar until dark brown and crisp. A very hot grill works too. Leave to cool a little and then serve immediately. This is a brilliant dish for ...

Creme brulee is also a great treat. I bought a blowtorch just for this a few years ago and love it in my kitchen gadget repertoire, but I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve used it.