 | If you really want to impress your friends, tell them this is "crème anglaise brûlée". It's really just custard with hardened, melted sugar on top.
You can buy ready-made custard either fresh in the chillers of some supermarkets (certainly any in the UK!), or on shelves in tetrapaks or in tins. If all else fails, haul out that tin of Bird's -- or make your own, if you have the time that day.
If you have a kitchen blow torch, you can use that instead of putting it under the grill.
Ingredients
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