Onion Creme Brulee

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients

• 2 large onions
• 1 egg yolk
• 50 g sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 50 ml heavy cream
• 1 slice bacon (cooked crisp & crumbled as garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200°c peel onion, leaving the root-end intact. cut the non-root end top from the onion & trim the root-end slightly to allow the onion shell to sit flat.
• 2 remove as much of the inside pulp as poss w/o tearing the shell & set the onion top + inside pulp aside. bake shell in the oven for 10 minute do not turn off the oven.
• 3 rough chop the onion top + inside pulp. in a non-stick skillet, combine the chopped onion w/sugar + cayenne pepper & simmer till soft. add cream + egg yolk, stir to mix well & remove from heat.
• 4 mound onion mixture into the onion shells & bake for 7 minute allow to cool slightly, sprinkle w/crumbled bacon (if using) & serve immediately w/entrée of choice.
• 5 note: for those of you who might be put off by the process for preparing the onion shells, this can easily be prepared & served in ramekins.