Creme Brulee
$9 play money
Vanilla custard under a sheet of burnt sugar. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $9 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- French
- Menu section
- Desserts & Sweets
- Price tier
- Snack ($1 to $14)
- Play-money price
- $9
- Main ingredients
- cream, egg yolks, vanilla, burnt sugar
- How it is served
- A shallow white ramekin of custard with a glassy caramelised sugar top, cracked with a spoon
History, tradition and origin
Desserts set with eggs or cream are found in every European kitchen. Custard under a burnt sugar crust is claimed by France, England and Spain. Cream set with gelatine comes from Piedmont in northern Italy. The layered dessert of coffee-soaked sponge and mascarpone is a creation of the Veneto in the 1960s or 1970s. Fried pastry tubes filled with ricotta come from Sicily.
Food economy and industry
These desserts are made from a few dairy ingredients, so they are low in cost and high in margin for restaurants. They depend on fresh cream, eggs and cheeses such as mascarpone and ricotta. Ricotta is made from whey left over from cheese making, turning a by-product into an ingredient.
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