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Japanese Recipe for Yuzu and Green Tea Brulee

INGREDIENTS

4 egg yolks
1 cup heavy cream
160 ml milk
100g sugar
15g green tea powder
2 tsp sambuca
1/2 tsp yuzu peel
2 tsp Cointreau
Garnish: berries of the season

NOTE: If yuzu cannot be found, subsitute with orange peel. In some regions of Japan, the yuzu fruit is used as a marmalade when combined with honey and sugar.

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To prepare:

Combine egg yolks, cream, milk and sugar in a bowl
Mix till smooth
Divide mixture into 2 equal halves
Add green tea powder and sambuca to one of the mixture
Stir well
Add yuzu peel and Cointreau to the second mixture
Stir well
Pour each mixture into four greased 1 cup ramekins
Place ramekins into an overproof dish where water comes up 1/3 side of the ramekins
Bake at 360 degrees for 20 mins
DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR TO CHECK
Once brulee is done, remove from oven and allow to cool
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving
Carefully turn out each brulee onto each serving plate
Sprinkle 1 tsp sugar over each brulee
Place under hot broiler for 2 to 3 mins to caramelized sugar
Garnish with berries of the season

FYI: Sambuca is often used to sweeten expresso coffee in Italy. It is a colorless liqueur and has a mild anise-like flavor. It is often used in bars in a shot glass where flame is lit in the glass and allowed to burn for a few seconds then the palm of the hand is used to extinguish the flames.

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