DIY: Thai Tea Crème Brûlée

Lately, my friend Xia has been sending me tons of cooking and baking TikTok videos. I’m not on TikTok, but I do find the videos interesting and inspiring to watch. One video featured a recipe for Thai Tea Crème Brûlée by professional chef, Brandon. Now, I’m no professional chef and I didn’t have all the same ingredients on hand, so I executed a simpler version of the recipe. Instead of Thai tea leaves, I used instant Thai tea mix, which for flavor purposes, turned out just fine.

To create my Thai tea Crème Brûlées, I used this recipe as the base. I mixed up the condensed milk and evaporated milk proportions, and I also didn’t have any evaporated milk, but even still the Crème Brûlées turned out amazing. For a full photo gallery of my baking process see below:

Step 1: Gather ingredients. I did not have evaporated milk or Thai tea leaves, so I used instant Thai tea mix instead.

Step 2: Mix together water, sugar, salt, heavy cream, condensed milk, Thai tea mix, and combine slowly with egg yolks.

Step 3: Bake in clean ramekins set in about an inch or two of water.

Step 4: Remove from oven and refrigerate for a few hours to set.

Step 5: Top with sugar and torch to brown.

Lastly, enjoy!

I swear baking has become my second love language. Every time I try a new recipe, it also gives me a greater appreciation for all the work that goes into perfecting and developing the perfect baked good. As with so many things in life, the best things in baking take time!

Happy Friday! What should i bake next?

xx

Ella Kol