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The Best Kitchen Torches of 2025

Looking for an incredible sear on a steak, the crispiest crust on your mac and cheese, or a perfectly caramelized layer for ...
Maybe we're just indulging our inner pyromaniac, but what amateur chef hasn't debated buying a culinary torch? Also referred to as a kitchen or brûlée torch (for obvious reasons), we often pass on ...
Want to end the year on the sweetest of notes? I can’t think of a more sublime dessert than crème brûlée, that rich, delicious custard known for its caramelized sugar top. This much-loved dessert is a ...
Crème brûlée is an impressive end to any meal. The ingredients—which mainly consist of eggs, sugar, and heavy cream—are simple, but the technique of brûléeing the top with a torch adds a dramatic ...
Popularity has not been good to creme brulee. The sensuous, simple dessert of vanilla custard coated with a thin layer of caramelized sugar has suffered many blows while at the top. It survived the ...
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Classic Creme Brulee

With a caramelized topping and custardy filling, a creme brulee recipe will always bring an air of elegance to any dessert ...
Thanks to its elegant French name and famous sugar crust, crème brûlée can sound a little intimidating. But that moment of pure bliss when you crack through that caramelized sugar to find warm, ...
crème brûlée next to a spoon and a torch - Candice Bell/Shutterstock The characteristic appearance of a classic crème brûlée is a brittle and glassy sugar crust that you break through with a spoon.
Dessert got dangerous at a Swiss restaurant, when 15 people were injured in a crème brûlée torch explosion. A small gas canister used to top the upscale desert exploded in the kitchen of Italian ...
The characteristic appearance of a classic crème brûlée is a brittle and glassy sugar crust that you break through with a spoon. Traditionally, you would use a kitchen torch to get the sugar just ...