Cooking Technique Used to Brown a Crème Brûlée

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Photography, Group 2005, Puzzle 5 (Portraiture).

Question is: Cooking Technique Used to Brown a Crème Brûlée

and the answer is: TORCHING

Word Meaning:

TORCHING — present participle and gerund of torch

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