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Recipe File: Creme Brulee (Crème Brûlée)
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:57 pm    Post subject: total volume of custard? Combined "rated" volume o Reply with quote Delete this post

Hello All:

My girlfriend and I just made a slight variation of this recipe (only difference: 4 eggs rather than 8). We filled 4 small ramekins (nominally 6 oz, according to the maker, Emile Henry) approx. 3/4 full, and still had enough custard left to put about 5/8" layer in a larger (5" diameter, maybe) ramekin. (This exhausted our ramekin inventory.)

I was a bit surprised that the total volume of custard wasn't accommodated by the 4 smaller ramekins (I found the recipe elsewhere, with 4 6-oz ramekins called for), but I shouldn't have been: 3/4 * (4 * 6oz) = 18 oz, whereas the volume of custard is certainly more (figuring 1 yolk to be about 1/2 oz or a bit more). But I then noticed that none of the recipes I've found online are very specific about the total ramekin capacity needed for the recipe. WHAT DO YOU FOLKS FIND IS NEEDED ??

A very related but different issue: is the nominal volume of a ramekin (the vol. stated on the packaging, e.g.) the volume of the thing filled to the brim, or the *usable* capacity? (I can't check mine 'cause they're all full of creme brulee, in the fridge!)

THANKS FOR ANY AND ALL COMMENTARY ON THESE VERY ENGINEER-Y MATTERS!!

-Sean
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