Name: Vanilla crème anglaise
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 400 ml milk; 200 ml pouring cream; ½ vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped; 4 egg yolks; 100 gm caster sugar

Vanilla crème anglaise

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for vanilla crème anglaise.

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Prep

10M

Cook

10M

Total

20M

This simple vanilla custard is the perfect accompaniment to a tarte Tatin.

Ingredients

400 ml milk

200 ml pouring cream

½ vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped

4 egg yolks

100 gm caster sugar

Method

Main

1.Combine milk, cream, vanilla bean and vanilla seeds in a saucepan and bring just to the boil over medium heat. Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until very thick and pale. Pour hot cream mixture over egg mixture, whisking continuously to combine, then return to pan and stir continuously over low-medium heat until mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon thickly (4-6 minutes). Strain into a bowl placed over ice and cool.