Salted Caramel Pots de Crème

Salted Caramel Pots de Creme are total dessert bliss! They're lusciously creamy, perfectly rich and brimming with decadent salted caramel flavor. No one can resist these!

📝 Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups (260g) granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup (80ml) water
• 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
• 1 1/2 cups (355ml) heavy cream
• 1/2 cup (120ml) whole milk*
• 6 large egg yolks
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• Maldon sea salt or fleur de sel (, for topping)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place seven 4-ounce oven proof jars, ramekins, or custard cups in a large roasting pan, set aside.
2. 2In a medium heavy bottomed saucepan combine sugar, water and 1/4 tsp salt (have heavy cream ready so you can immediately add it when caramel is ready, otherwise it will burn.
3. 3Whisk over medium-low heat stirring constantly until sugar has dissolved. Increase heat to medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Allow to boil, without stirring and using a pastry brush dipped in water as needed to brush down sugar crystals on sides of pan, until mixture turns an amber color, about 8 - 10 minutes.
4. 4Once it reaches that color (immediately) carefully pour in heavy cream and milk while whisking (it will bubble vigorously and likely clump onto the whisk but will dissolve once returned to heat).
5. 5Return to heat and cook, while constantly whisking, about 2 minutes longer or until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and let cool several minutes.
6. 6In a large bowl stir egg yolks just to blend. Slowly pour cream mixture, while whisking, into egg yolks.
7. 7Pour mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a 4-cup glass liquid measuring cup with a pouring spout**. Divide mixture evenly among cups in roasting pan.
8. 8Pour enough hot water into roasting pan around cups to come halfway up the sides of the cups. Carefully place on oven rack in center of oven.
9. 9Bake until custard edges are set but center still jiggles slightly when shaken, about 40 minutes.
10. 10Transfer cups to a wire rack and cool 30 minutes, then transfer to refrigerator and chill 4 hours. Sprinkle with Maldon just before serving.