Description
Dreams Crème Brûlée Bites are indulgent fried dough balls filled with silky vanilla and white chocolate custard, finished with a crisp crackling caramel shell for a luxurious bakery-style dessert.
Ingredients
4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour
3 tsp (9 g) active dry yeast
1/3 cup (75 g) sugar
2 eggs
7 Tbsp (100 g) butter, room temperature
3/4 cup (200 ml) milk
1 Tbsp alcoholic liqueur (optional)
Pinch of salt
2 cups (500 ml) milk (for custard)
1/2 cup (100 g) egg yolks
1/5 cup (40 g) sugar (for custard)
1/3 cup (50 g) cornstarch
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
3.5 oz (100 g) white chocolate
7 Tbsp (100 g) butter, room temperature
1 3/4 cups (350 g) sugar (for caramel)
3 1/3 Tbsp (100 ml) water
Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Combine flour, yeast, sugar, eggs, butter, milk, optional liqueur, and salt in a stand mixer. Knead for about 12 minutes until smooth and slightly sticky. Cover and let rise for 1 hour until doubled.
- Prepare the custard by whisking egg yolks, cornstarch, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Heat milk until hot, then slowly whisk into the egg mixture. Return to the saucepan and cook until thick.
- Remove custard from heat and stir in butter and white chocolate until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap touching the surface and chill completely.
- Divide risen dough into 45–50 g portions, roll into balls, place on parchment, cover, and let rise again for about 1.5 hours.
- Heat oil to 320–340°F (160–171°C) and fry dough balls for about 3 minutes per side until golden. Drain and cool slightly.
- Pipe chilled custard into each dough ball.
- Heat sugar and water until it turns amber. Let thicken slightly, then dip each filled bite into caramel. Allow caramel shell to harden before serving.
Notes
The custard can be made a day ahead and chilled.
Fried dough balls can be frozen unfilled and thawed before use.
Caramel should be watched closely to prevent burning.
Best enjoyed the same day for maximum crunch.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: European
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 filled bite
- Calories: 380 kcal
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 145 mg
