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this sauce is waaay too salty.
Cooking eggs to 165°F will be less eggy. I like to use a silicone spatula to make anglaise. You can always thin after it chills and sets. Don't be scared.
Hmmm, reads an easy recipe but ten years of comments got me a little scared I'll have custard and not sauce, that can taste too eggy. Can a newbie do this? Also, be great if you could toggle comments on these sections throughout the website - so you can toggle between recipe comments and responses, and Joule comments, to separate them. For a novice its confusing as all get-out Just an idea
Very old site I see. I made this today; and it is excellent. After chilling it was a custard; not a sauce. If you want a sauce, I would look for recipes with milk in addition to heavy cream. Check out Joule Sous Vide recipe.
Thank you for the tip I also experienced a really salty cream because I use table salt
This question is 2 years old, but I'll reply anyway in case you or someone else is interested in how it worked out for me. I made a big batch of this, poured a bit of it through a fine-mesh sieve into my iSi siphon, and retained the rest in its standard/sauce form. I only filled the siphon a bit, so I had to use two chargers and shake it a bit to get the right consistency, but it produced a nice foam that was tasty and light but subtle. For a very rich dessert like a flourless cake or something fudgy, it might be just the right accompaniment. For anything else, however, I much prefer it in its liquid form, which is not fluffed up with air and thus is significantly more rich and flavorful. We had (unfrosted) chocolate cupcakes that we heated a bit in a glass ramekin and poured crème anglaise over it, and I liked this *much* better with the CA as a sauce than I did with the CA as a foam.
Did you use their brand of salt? If not that could be the reason. Their brand is one of the least salty salts out there,
Can i substitute vanilla cream with vanilla extract or essence
I've see today this recipe for do the same thing you said.
I thik it can be work, because there's yolks and heavy cream
Has anyone ever tried to put this in an isi whip to create a different consistency? Maybe I am ignorant and that is really something else? I am going to try it, and see what happens.
I just made this through the Joule app. It turned out way too salty for me, and I measured everything by weight as accurately as I could. I used extract instead of vanilla beans because I was being cheap, could that be a reason?
Made this last weekend and it was perfect. I love creme anglaise and this was easy to make.
thanks big Lez- this helped ALLOT
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Ive made both on the stovetop and with Joule. Sous Vide makes this idiot proof but you need to plan ahead. Both preparation styles produce a delicious product.
There is a SV version of this recipe on the Joule app. Check it out.
Does anyone know if this can be made in advance and reserved?
A couple of questions.
First, I really appreciate the scientific measurements of most of the ingredients used here on CS. However, "2 vanilla beans" is not very accurate nor scientific. The beans I can get at a local supermarket are tiny. The ones I can order at specialty stores are larger. So, how many grams do I need?
Also I understood it's best to use the Vanilla planifolia variant?
Also, I'm gonna cook this stuff sous vide. Much easier. Why don't you guys do that in this recipe?
Thanks!
what if I don't cook the egg out to reach the 82 degree, can I still use it as a ice cream base ?
I'm fairly certain that this step is to prevent the egg yolks from curdling.
Can I make this sous-vide?
Yes, the flavor will still be good, you just won't have the flecks of the vanilla been seeds.
Can i use vanilla essence in place of vanilla bean ??
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This is what I learned: Heating it up in a normal saucepan is tricky. I actually took it off the heat when the thermometer read 79° C (going with medium heat), but it seems that the pot kept the heat a little too well - it started to curdle. Luckily, I was able to remedy that by blending the heck out of it - came out smooth and tasty. Will try a water bath next time, I guess!
Lol. Bain marie is not a modernist technique. It's actually one of the oldest technique known to mankind.
There really is no difference if you use slow and low heat, and whisk the sauce CONSTANTLY. So that the sauce won't have too much lumps. But usually there must be lumps although a few. Blend it to smooth it.
Probably because you want to make creme anglaise not creme patissier.
Why do traditional creme anglaise call for the egg to be tempered? That is heating the milk-cream first to the boil, then pour it onto the egg while stirring and pour the mixture back to the pan and continue heating to 82C.
What's the reason for this?
Wondering what would happen if I made this, sieved it and siphoned it with a couple charges in the fridge? I'm scared it might either clog the siphon or not add any air to it without adding a bit of gelatine? Thoughts?
So if you're measuring by volume, the difference between kosher and table salt actually becomes really significant. Table salt is a lot denser (small, cubey crystals), kosher is made of wide flakes and thus sits in a measuring cup with a lot of air. As a rule of thumb, I usually say that table salt has to be considered twice as potent when measuring by volume. Could this be what happened?
4.5g's of salt is about 1/2 tbsp, but it should be 1/2 tsp. I just wasted 6-7 egg yolks,
a cup of heavy cream, and basically $12-$15, plus the time it took to make this,
cleanup, etc. etc. From now on, I guess I'll have to check the comments religiously
and be less trusting. *annoyed*
Why 82 and not at 85 C?
i will substitute the sugar for raw organic coconut sugar and use pink salt.
Salt must be kosher, otherwise the cream will be very salty.
How many days can you keep it refrigerated? And if I refrigerate it, can I heat it up again or will the custard split?
I know this is really late advice but I make this in a bain marie. I throw all the ingredients into a stainless bowl and then place it over a pot of simmering water and stir until it comes to temp. It might take a bit longer but the steam is a more consistent and even heat source. Custard is exceptionally smooth and lump free!
I love the récipe, But...definetly the amount of salt can be decreased
I understand now more about the heat, it makes a big different. Hade to remake it because heating it bit to much
Crème Brûlée - After making the Crème Anglaise and Sieving it , Ishould pour it into ramekins and bake in a 'Bain Marie' for 30 min (160C / 325F) , let it cool to room temperature, and then chill in the fridge for 3-4 hours, take it out and drizzle it with sugar and Brûlée? I made one last night, wanted to know if i made it right.
I think Modernist Cuisine does this in a water bath (and some previous comments confirm this). Do you think there's a noticeable flavor or texture difference with this method?
Maybe. The most common lumps come from the egg cooking in the mixture. Couple of suggestions. First, try moving your pot on and off the heat source. This will help out with keeping a more consistent heat through the cooking processes. Second, scrape/whisk the bottom of the pot. Just like an ideal cookie has a crisp outer edge and a gooey interior, the same may be happening for your mixture. To keep the temperature consistent throughout scrape the walls and keep the mixture moving.
since it calls for 2 Vanilla Beans, can i substitute it with Ground Vanilla Bean. If so how much Ground Vanilla Bean should be used?
Tried this today, my was a little lumpy. i think that i failed on the consistence, to much heat maybe...
