Strawberry Brûlée

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Strawberry Brûlée is a super fun and easy twist on the classic French dessert. It’s a light and delicious dessert recipe that’s been in my family for years!

If you liked this brulee recipe, you have to try my tasty Creme Brûlée Cupcakes next!

Strawberry Creme Brulee Recipe

So this isn’t the first recipe I’ve shared from my grandmother’s book. The first was actually these Banana Oatmeal Cookies, which were a big hit. Then I shared these Pineapple Coconut Bars that are seriously the jam. And now today we have this Strawberries Brûlée.

I love going through her old book. It’s not a cookbook, but a notebook that she clipped and pasted recipes into. There’s got to be close to a hundred recipe in there. Desserts, appetizers and dinner recipes. So many of them use margarine too, which is so not used much anymore – if at all. Lot’s of them are clipped from newspapers and magazines, and even more of them are in her handwriting. It’s like going back in time for a moment. It’s pretty cool.

I was excited to try this one because it’s different than a traditional creme brûlée. Rather than a custard, it’s got a cream cheese, sour cream and sugar base. Totally unusual, but interesting. And very easy. It piqued my curiosity.

How to Make Strawberry Creme Brulee

To make it, you’ll beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth, then add the sour cream and an egg. The mixture is spread over chopped strawberries in 6 ramekins and baked. See? So easy!

The only thing that you could deem hard is that they bake in a little baby water bath. I say a “baby” one because it’s simple compared to a cheesecake water bath. I used a baking sheet with a good rim, placed it on the oven rack with the ramekins, then poured in the water. No biggie.

Once they are cooled and ready to eat – the fun part happens! Using the torch! I love love love torching the sugar on top. It’s beautiful, yummy and I love cracking my spoon into it. 🙂

You can see in the photo of the original recipe, that it doesn’t actually call for the egg. That was my addition. 🙂 I had planned on sticking to recipe. I really tried! But after mixing together the cream cheese, sugar and sour cream I just couldn’t. I mean, the egg gives it some texture and firmness. You totally need it. I can’t even. So I added it.

I thought it might end up tasting a bit like cheesecake, but it didn’t. First of all, there’s quite a bit of sour cream. Secondly, it’s not nearly as sweet as cheesecake, nor as thick. But it’s also not super custard-y like classic creme brûlée. I actually think it’s sort of cross between – wait for it – creme brûlée, cheesecake and a soufflé. I know – *mind blown*. It’s got that lighter, fluffier texture that reminds me of a soufflé, but is somewhat reminiscent of cheesecake with the cream cheese, and yet it has the toasted sugar top of a traditional creme brûlée.

It’s crazy and awesome and unique. You totally have to try it. Plus, if you’ve never made creme brûlée but are craving that kind of dessert, this would be an easy place to start. 🙂

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