serves 6

Ingredients

• 6 egg yolks
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/3 cups cream
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• vanilla beans
• salt

Preparation

Split and scrape vanilla beans and add husks to milk and cream. Heat mixture to 160 degrees. Separate egg yolks and put them in a bowl. Add sugar and stir together. Incorporate cream mixture into eggs and sugar (slowly, as not to scramble the eggs), and add a pinch of salt. Pour into 5 oz. glass bowls or ramekins. Put them on a tray and add water up to 1/2 inch around bowls. Bake at 310 degrees for 45 minutes.