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Crème Anglaise

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Lesley Chesterman
Jul 03, 2011
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French Recipes

Sweet Recipes

[Read “Crème Anglaise: The Nature of Perfection”]



500 ml (2 cups) milk
100 gr (½ cup) sugar
½ vanilla bean, split and the seeds scraped
5 yolks from large eggs

In a saucepan, whisk together the milk with half the sugar and the vanilla bean and its seeds. Bring to a boil, remove from the heat, cover, and let steep. Have ready a bowl set in a larger bowl of ic…

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