As always, the purpose of this thread is to gather the community to explore a category of flavor and its many uses.
##⭐ This week's flavor is . . . Brulee
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I was excited to try INW Crème Brûlée, but did a single flavor test at 2% and thought it was disgusting. Maybe I should try diluting what’s left in the tester…or maybe I got a bad product?
INW Creme Brulee .5-1% is what I use when a little bit of caramel doesn't do the trick. But my bottle of FA Catalan Cream says '(Brulee)' on it, so I might as well:
It's a pretty good flavor in the right context. It can sort of cook brighter fruits, or at least give them a sophisticated twist. It also carries spice notes to the top very nicely. I recently used it in a 1-week recipe challenge:
Rosh Hashanah Apples & Honey Cheesecake
|%|Vendor|Flavor| |:-|:-|:-| |1.5|FA|Apple Fuji| |1.25|FA|Catalan Cream| |2|TPA|Cheesecake (graham Crust)| |1.5|CAP|Double Apple| |0.45|FA|Honey| |2|TPA|Vanilla Custard 2| |1|TPA|Vanilla Swirl|
It's far from perfect, could really use either a dairy note to become a good custard or another cheesecake to really be a cheesecake. I love how the Catalan mixed with the apples & honey here though.
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Creme brulee is one of my all time favorite desserts, but I haven't tried experimenting with this flavor yet after reading some of the notes on ELR. Some of the notes make this seem like a scary flavor to play with.