This butane-fuelled blow torch will give your crème brulee a golden, caramelised crust that shatters under your spoon. Easy To Operate - Simply slide the security lock to open and light up with Piezo Ignition Technology. Whether you’re looking to elevate your wok-cooking game, give a batch of torrijas a perfect caramelized sugar crust, sear some sous vide steaks, or angrily incinerate the remains of a failed baking project, a kitchen torch can be a useful tool. Back then a branding iron was used to get the distinctive caramelised sugar on the top, but nowadays, not using a blowtorch is — to my mind — bonkers.

After testing, Irvin submitted feedback about what he liked and didn’t like about each product and rated each one on the following features: Design, Performance, Capacity, and Overall Value.The design felt awkward in the hand: the plastic hand guard felt superfluous, and the angle of the torch head made it more difficult to deftly maneuver into the corners of a ramekin. Kitchen torches and crème brûlée go hand in hand, so much so that they are often sold as “brûlée torches. The classic recipe for kitchen torches that most folks think of is crème brûlée's caramelized sugar topping. Ryan Gosling shrugs off Barbie Oscars drama with loving kiss from daughter and support from wife Eva Mendes. World-renowned chef, Dixie Crystal’s “Prince of Pastry” Chef Eddy Van Damme suggests practicing first.

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But then, as a Frenchman, I know all the secrets to perfecting this classic dish; the first being to whisk the egg yolks before you add the sugar rather than just throwing them all in the bowl together. If your butane torch is the type that needs to be filled, you will need to purchase a long nozzle butane fuel canister.For them to float beautifully in the middle and on the top of the creme, only add them ten minutes before the cooking is complete. Before baking the brulees, use the torch on any bubbles formed in the liquid custard so that uneven patches don't become baked-in. Weighing in at roughly three to four pounds when hooked up to a large propane canister, and boasting a name straight out of the Terminator franchise, this torch is for cooks looking for serious firepower.