What is Crème anglaise?
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Créme Anglaise (English cream) is a custard base made from cream and egg yolks. It can be used as a standalone sauce or as the base for numerous custards and creams, even ice cream. Finished créme Anglaise can be drizzled on desserts like freshly-baked brownies and soufflés.
Crème anglaise (French for ‘English cream’), is a light, sweetened pouring custard from French cuisine, used as a dessert cream or sauce. It is a mix of sugar, egg yolks, and hot milk usually flavoured with vanilla.
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.
As a beverage, it is known as “drinking custard” or “boiled custard” in the American South and served like eggnog during the Christmas season.