What does brûléed mean on a menu?
Brûléed · French
Topped with sugar and blasted with a torch or broiler until it melts into a thin, crackly caramel crust.
What it does to the food
A glassy, bittersweet caramel shell you crack with a spoon, over whatever soft thing sits underneath.
Where you’ll see it
Crème brûlée of course, plus brûléed grapefruit, bananas, figs and the tops of tarts and cheesecakes.