Crème Anglaise “Vanilla Custard” is a basic pastry recipe, a creamy sauce more liquid than pastry cream “crème pâtissière”. It’s one of the recipes you’ll need to master if you love baking. This cream is used in many recipes, such as Bavarian cream and ice creams, among others.
It is renowned for making tasty, airy chocolate mousses, as in my 3 chocolate mousse cake. Buttercream made with crème anglaise is more flavorful and lighter.
It is essential for making many other recipes. I think it’s the base cream I’ve used the most in my recipes. You can find it in the raspberry charlotte cake and in many others desserts.
If you didn’t know, custard is the main base for making good, creamy ice cream!
What is custard used for?
It is used to
- Ice cream
- Bavarian cream
- Light buttercream
- Light diplomat cream
- Chocolate mousse
- Cremeux etc…
To accompany
- Floating island
- Brownie
- Chocolate fondant
- Piece of pie
- Fruits etc…
