Vanilla Crème Anglaise

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Passion for Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 2003

  • About

Like Chantilly Cream, crème anglaise is a common dessert sauce. They both have a neutral flavor that helps to highlight and contrast with the other components of a dessert. Often you can use either in a dessert but sometimes crème anglaise is the better choice. A perfect example of this is when it is used with the Walnut Cake with Chocolate Orange Sabayon. Without some crème anglaise, the dessert would taste too intense and it would be difficult to eat a w