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Irish crème anglaise

Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 1
Dietary Vegetarian
From Ready Steady Cook

Method


  1. Heat the milk, cream, Baileys, vanilla seeds and pod in a saucepan.

  2. Bring to a simmer and immediately remove from the heat and allow to infuse.

  3. In a large bowl beat the yolks with the sugar.

  4. Remove the vanilla pod from the infused cream, then gradually pour the vanilla cream into the egg mixture whisking continuously.

  5. Return the custard to the saucepan and stir over a gentle heat until the custard coats the back of the spoon.

  6. Serve in a warm bowl.

Ingredients

  • 200ml/7fl oz milk
  • 100ml/3½oz double cream
  • 25ml/1fl oz Baileys, or other similar liqueur
  • 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out
  • 4 free-range egg yolks
  • 50g/2oz caster sugar

Shopping List

Irish crème anglaise

Cooking ingredients

Dairy, eggs and chilled

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