Pour Some (Burnt) Sugar On Me!

Good friends Sandy and Genevieve came to visit.

Their visit meant a special dessert
(and an excuse for me to use a couple of wedding gifts).

Creme Brulee is a favorite of mine and
so I made my custard with my
vanilla bean (gift #1)

Baking in wedding gift #2
(not the ramekins, the stainless baking dish)
and after a few hours of chilling,
the custard was ready to torch (gift #3).

Burning sugar is fun. Proof:

Martha, eat your heart out!

And while the custard wasn't *quite* custardy enough
(it needs more than 4 hours to chill),
the group effort torched sugar was perfect!