Blowtorch
A handheld gas flame used to caramelise a surface without heating what is under it. Butane is the common fuel. A butane-propane mix burns hotter and keeps its pressure as the cylinder cools. A plumber's torch covers a large area far faster than a small culinary one.
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Giga-Brûlée
A vanilla custard baked as one thin sheet in a tray. This version uses 2000 ml of cream at 34 percent fat and 355 g of egg yolk. The custard is 1 cm deep. It cooks in a steam oven at 85 degrees C to a core of 82 degrees C. Two methods in this version are not standard. First, the vanilla seeds are rubbed into the sugar and go in with the yolks. The empty pods go into the cream on their own. This stops the seeds from sinking to the bottom of the tray. Second, the custard is warmed to 55 degrees C before it goes into the oven. This shortens the cook and makes the set even. The yolk ratio here is 177 g per litre of cream. That is lower than the 230 g per litre of the earlier version. The set is softer. The core temperature goes to 82 degrees C to compensate.
French · Steaming