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Stacks Passport Series · Breakdown

Breakdown · Stop 002

Crème Brûlée

What Stacks brought together to make it.

48.86° N · 2.35° EParis

01  The Original

What is the traditional dessert?

To be written with Stacks.

02  What We Preserved

What had to survive the translation?

  • To be written with Stacks.

    To be written with Stacks.

03  The Stacks Translation

Original → Stacks interpretation

  1. To be written with Stacks.

    To be written with Stacks.

04  The Components

What each part contributes

  1. Cookie

    To be written with Stacks.

  2. Filling

    To be written with Stacks.

  3. Finish

    To be written with Stacks.

05  The Contrast

How the cookie eats

Creamy×Crackling

To be written with Stacks.

Crème Brûlée — the finished Stacks cookie from Stop 002, France

06  The Final Cookie

Crème Brûlée

Silky custard against crackling caramel — two textures made apart and joined late, so the spoon still breaks the sugar.

What we came home with · A contrast

Stacks Passport Series · Breakdown · Stop 002