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Sauce Anglaise - Fresh Egg Custard Sauce

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This is a basic sauce anglaise, for a thicker variety add an extra egg yolk. See other sauce anglaise recipe - for an ice-cream base.

Preparation time: 5 minutes Quantity: Serves 2 -as used for a custard Cooking time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

300 ml/1/2 pint full fat milk

3 large egg yolks

30g/ 1 oz caster sugar

1/2 vanilla pod or few drops vanilla extract

Method

  • Boil the milk
  • Meanwhile whisk the egg yolks and sugar till smooth and paler
  • Pour the boiled milk on to the egg mix. whisk round
  • Pour back in to the saucepan
  • Simmer very gently, stirring all the time, till the mix coats the back of a spoon
  • Beware not to boil-this will split the custard

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