Crème Brûlée Day 2026: 5 amazing facts about the dish
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Crème Brûlée Day 2026
Every year, National Crème Brûlée Day 2026 is observed on July 27 to celebrate the delicious sweet dish made up of custard and caramelised sugar
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What is Crème Brûlée?
Crème Brûlée is a French dish that is a rich vanilla custard with a hard caramelised sugar top, which lends its name to the dish which means `burnt cream`
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When was the first Crème Brûlée made?
While there are many theories, the first Crème Brûlée Day was reportedly appeared in François Massialot`s 1691 French cookbook, Le Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois
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Popularity around the world
It also reportedly became popular in the US in the 1980s and American chef Julia Child was one among many who celebrated it, and even put it in her book
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Largest Crème Brûlée in the world
The largest Crème Brûlée in the world was created in 2005 in the US by students at the Orlando Culinary Academy in Florida, and it weighed 725.72 kg
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Horoscope today: July 27, 2026