Caramel creme brulee is a popular Japanese dessert, and the smooth, creamy custard is delicious with a slightly bitter caramel sauce. Even if you're not a big fan of caramel, you'll love this pudding. Now, let's talk about this dessert, ?Purin? in Japanese is ? Pudding? meaning pudding, and even though it's called pudding, it's just a delicious dessert.Purin is very popular in Japan, and you can easily find them in restaurants, grocery stores, and even convenience stores. Some come in jars, some in boxes, and are Q-tastic as hell. Sanrio has even created a character based on the dessert, a dog named Pompompurin, who has a yellow body and wears a dark brown beret.

There are two layers of ingredients in the pudding, one of which is custard, which is a mixture of eggs, heavy cream, milk and sugar that solidifies when heated in a water bath; it's smooth, soft and creamy. Then comes the caramel sauce, which is made from sugar and water; the sugar is melted until it is a deep amber color and then water is added. When the caramel cools, it resembles a hard candy, but when it's added to the glass jars and baked with the custard, the caramel turns into a sweet syrup with a slightly bitter flavor, which is perfect with the custard.

For the caramel, combine the sugar and 1 teaspoon of water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat and stir with a heat-resistant rubber spatula or wooden spoon. The sugar will soon clump, but will eventually melt into a dark amber sauce. Add 1 teaspoon of water to the sauce and the caramel will quickly bubble. As the caramel slowly hardens, quickly divide the sauce into glass jars.

I like this pudding because it's not too sweet and it's light and just the right amount of pudding. They come in individual jars and you can make them up to 3 days in advance. Even though I'm not a big fan of caramel, the flavor of this pudding is completely different from the caramel we usually eat. We loved this dessert and I can't say enough about this dessert to praise it, so I hope you give it a try.