Here's the recipe :
+ 50 g sugar to sprinkle on top once cooked
In a saucepan over medium heat, simmer milk and cream with the contents of a vanilla bean (or extract) and sugar. Take a half a cup of this warmed mixture and dissolve agar agar in it, then return this mixture to the saucepan, whisking until well blended (2 minutes). Remove from heat.
Warm oven to 120° C (250° F). Prepare a water bath by boiling water and filling a deep pan about 1/2 inch high with the water. Fill oven-proof ramequins with the creme brulée batter - until about 1/2 from the top. Place these ramequins in the water bath (making sure no water splashes into ramequins) and bake for about 40-50 minutes, or until they no longer jiggle. Remove from oven and allow to cool, and refrigerate, even overnight.
Just before serving, sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of sugar evenly in each ramequin to the edges, then broil or use a kitchen torch to caramelize the sugar. Serve readily, the crispiness won't last (as the moisture of the crème brulée will melt the sugar).
Enjoy, everyone !
