I had some friends over for a dinner party last week. My intention was to take pictures of the dishes so that I could post the photos on this blog. However, I forgot about taking pictures until after we had already eaten dinner. Oops. Luckily, we still had dessert. I made orange creme brulee. I used the classic creme brulee recipe from America’s Test Kitchen and then added the orange flavoring from Julia Child’s orange souffle. It tasted delicious. The dinner party was Friday night and Saturday morning I woke up wanting to eat more creme brulee. So last night I made myself some more. All five portions are currently sitting in my refrigerator.
The wonderful thing about creme brulee is, not only does it taste delicious, but it’s interactive.
Here I am putting raw sugar on mine. I need to make it look like...
...this.
Trisha is firing hers while Matt watches.
Ta-da! It's done.
The guests included Matt and Trisha (above) and…
Daniel and Amyie.
Daniel and Amyie are the proud parents of Emmy, who was featured in my last post. She did attend the dinner party but spent most of the evening resting in her carrier. Being social is such hard work. 
However, I am honored to be able to say that mine was the first dinner party she had ever attended.
Umm…I’m so coming to visit you because you are way better at cooking gluten free than me. Yum, yum, yum!
The awesome thing about creme brulee is that it is naturally gluten free. The not so awesome thing is that you have to bake it in a water bath and have a torch to do the top.
Wow – that dessert looks fantastic! I’ve never tried creme brulee, but I sure like to eat it!
Wish I could taste that!
Yum yum, and the food was delicious! The people were great fun! Thanks Laura!
Laura…I LOVE creme brulee!! Something to add to the Holiday menu!!
Maybe you could figure out some way to add duck to this dessert? I’m always looking for a new recipe. Pictures in the update were very nice!
Hmmm, duck would be…interesting. I’m not sure how the flavor combination would taste.