Crème anglaise

Crème anglaise (French for "English cream"), custard sauce, pouring custard, or simply custard[1] is a light, sweetened pouring custard used as a dessert cream or sauce. It is a mix of sugar, egg yolks, and hot milk usually flavoured with vanilla.

Crème Anglaise
Crème anglaise with vanilla seeds
Alternative namesEnglish Cream
Drinking Custard
TypeCustard
Main ingredientsSugar, egg yolks, milk, vanilla
Crème anglaise over a slice of pain d'épices

Crème anglaise can be poured over cakes or fruits as a sauce or eaten as part of desserts such as floating island. It also serves as a base ingredient for other desserts such as ice cream or crème brûlée.

It is occasionally known as "drinking custard" in the American South and served like eggnog during the Christmas season.[2]

Other names include the French terms crème à l'anglaise ("English-style cream") and crème française ("French cream").[3]

Imitation custard sauce, containing no egg, is often made from instant custard powders such as Bird's Custard.

See also
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Notes
  1. Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, s.v. 'custard', 'crème'
  2. "Drinking Custard — Pauladeen.com". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  3. Larousse Gastronomique, 1st English edition, p. 319
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