This incredibly simple recipe for bruléed grapefruit is a fun way to liven up a brunch menu with the same technique as crème brulée. Winter means two seemingly unrelated things: snow and grapefruit.

1 pink or red grapefruit ¾ cup granulated sugar 2 cups heavy or whipping cream 1 tsp vanilla paste or ½ tsp vanilla extract 1 pinch salt 5 large egg yolks turbinado sugar Preheat oven to 350°F. In ...

Ironically, I started and ended my Saturday with a brulee—not intentionally. At brunch at Skillet in Ballard, I always order the grapefruit brulee, a dish I first encountered in Victoria and which is, ...

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