Vegan Creme Brulee
A traditional French dessert gone vegan, this vegan Creme Brûlée is made with a rich and creamy cashew base and baked with a hard sugar shell for a dessert everyone will love.
A traditional French dessert gone vegan, this vegan Creme Brûlée is made with a rich and creamy cashew base and baked with a hard sugar shell for a dessert everyone will love.
Cuisine: Vegan
Keyword: Vegan Creme Brûlée
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 342 kcal
Author: Sarah McMinn
- 1 cup raw cashews, soaked 3 hours
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups almond milk
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp chickpea flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 2 vanilla beans, split and scraped
- 2-3 tbsp granulated sugar
Drain and rinse cashews and place in a food processor or high-powered blender. Add water and and puree until completely smooth, scraping the sides as needed. Set aside.
In a medium saucepan stir together almond milk, 1/2 cup of sugar, chickpea flour, cornstarch, salt, and vanilla beans with it’s pulp. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly. Bring to a low boil. At this point the milk mixture will start to become thick. Continue stirring, scraping the sides of the pot, allowing milk to boil for two minutes. This ensures that the cornstarch and chickpea flour are cooked. Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
Place four ramekins or custard cups onto a sheet tray over a flat surface and set aside.
Once mixture has cooled slightly, remove vanilla beans and set aside. Add the thick milk mixture to the pureed cashews in the food processor. Blend until completely smooth. Pour evenly into ramekins. Cover with tin foil and refrigerate until chilled all the way through, at least 3 hours. At this point they could also remain in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
- Just before serving, add about 1/2 tbsp of sugar on top of each custard. Spread evenly a thin layer on top by rotating the custard dish in a circular motion. Tap off any excess sugar. Using a torch, melt the sugar so that it begins to bubble and turn golden.
Once the top is torched, you’ll want to eat within an hour. Do not place back in the refrigerator as it will melt the burnt top.
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Hi, I’m Sarah. I’m a 12-year (and counting) vegan, professionally trained photographer, former pastry chef, author of the 
Chante says
June 9, 2013 at 5:28 AMI clicked on the link at then go to the creme brulee it says to come back here. Where is the recipe i miss this dessert so much.
Sarah says
June 10, 2013 at 10:20 PMhttp://www.veganricha.com/2013/04/sarahs-classic-french-creme-brulee.html
I made it for a guest post I did on Vegan Richa’s blog.
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan says
April 11, 2013 at 5:12 PMAh, that salted caramel brulee is calling my name!
Sarah says
April 11, 2013 at 7:13 PMI hear it too!