Peanut butter and roasted grape jelly Crème Brûlée

[Fincher]

Our pastry chef was on holidays so I had no special dessert last night, so I whipped this up and it turned out great!

First you'll need some grapes, roast off enough grapes to put at least 5 per order. just cook them until they start to carmelize and darken but not raisens!

also you'll need a deeper than average creme brulee dish, more like a creme carmel ramekin

5 cups cream
10 oz yolks
1 whole egg
8 oz sugar (or to taste)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
one half vanilla bean
1.5 cups creamy peanut butter (trans fat free)
jar of good quality grape jelly.

bring cream to simmer with half the sugar peanut butter and vanilla bean. whisk the yolks and whole egg with other half of sugar and temper egg mix with the hot cream mix. strain

at the bottom of each ramekin spoon a bit of grape jelly the top with the roasted grapes. Then using a pitcher pour in the cream mix, being sure to try and hit the grapes so they stay submerged. Use a toothpick if you need.

cook at 325 degrees in a water bath for about 45 minutes or until just set. remove from pan with tongs wrapped in rubber bands (helps hold the ramekins)

chill for at least 2 hours and carmelize as usual.

If you want make your own version to your own taste I did and the above recipe is an approximation. Just add peanut butter to your desired level of taste same with sugar. but if your not comfortable doing so the above recipe will work fine!

[Lorraine]

Michael, you're making me hungry!!!

[cheztom]

Nice.

When the pastry's away the chef will play, eh?

[Gourmet_Mom]

Cool Idea! I have a friend who is fascinated with brulees. I can't wait to tell her about this one.

I just love it when Fincher starts experimenting!

[Fincher]

the best thing to me was the little burst of flavor you get from biting into the roasted grapes. We had a french guy come in and rave about it. Said it was fantastic. It made me quite happy to have a french person like my french dessert with a very americana twist to it.

on the other hand our head waiter tried it and asked. Who came up with this idea?? I said I did on my drive into work today. His reply was. Man you need to buy a radio.....

Don't worry folks he'll be up and running in a week or two

[SaraCooks]

It sounds just weird enough to be fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

[ChefJen]

Chef June and I had a great dessert.. it was a peanut butter cake i believe with a concord grape sorbet.. wht a combination

the Concord grapes finch are great roasted

[Gourmet_Mom]

on the other hand our head waiter tried it and asked. Who came up with this idea?? I said I did on my drive into work today. His reply was. Man you need to buy a radio.....
Don't worry folks he'll be up and running in a week or two

[Lorraine]

I just love it when Fincher starts experimenting

Dito. My neighbour has concord grapes growing uo the side of his house.

[jeremyj]

I will definitely have to remember this one thanks finch sounds excellent! I'll think I'll try Strawberry though!

[Harborwitch]

Oh [email]cr@p[/email] - another desert that I have got to make! Grrrrrr! Michael that sounds so incredible! I'm goin' to have to go get peanut butter and grapes, oh an grape jelly!

[Fincher]

its a great dessert!

[cjs]

Shoot, I was really hoping for a picture when I clicked on here....... me too, Sharon!!! Nice goin' Finch

[firechef37]

As I sit here having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for my meal tonight I run across this!

Dang Fincher...this sounds wicked good! I am all over this one! There is a line of "gourmet" PB&J "restaurants" popping up in mall and airport food courts and they could truely be "gourmet" like they call themselves if they had this one! I'd keep this one underwraps!

Please give my sympathy to the waiter's next of kin.

[justwingit]

hell fincher, where was mine???????


Absent pastry chef my ass!!

Tom