Oatmeal Brulee with finger cream by KingCook

Ingredients

Cream: 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 2 slices ginger root 1 cinnamon stick 1 tablespoon grated orange peel 3 tablespoon maple syrup 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg Oatmeal: 4 cups water 2 cups oats 1/4 cup dried apricots 1/4 cup dried cherries 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoon brown sugar 2 tablespoon butter 1 cup unsweetened rasp 1/4 cup sugar

Instructions

Combine cream, ginger, cinnamon, orange peel
Boil then simmer for 10 minutes covered
Strain and remove 1/4 cup sugar from heat and discard solids
Stir in syrup and nutmeg
Boil water
Stir in oats, apricots, cherries, salt
Reduce to medium and cook for 5 minutes
Remove from heat, stir in brown sugar
1/4 cup cream and cover for 2 minutes
Grease 4 10 ounce broiler safe ramekins with butter
Place raspberry in ramekins
Spoon oatmeal over and sprinkle with sugar
Broil 7 to 9 minutes
Serve with ginger cream