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Crème Anglaise with Floating Islands

Name: Crème Anglaise with Floating Islands
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 4¼ cups milk; 7 oz sugar; Vanilla bean; 8 eggs; Water for cooking the foam; Pinch salt

Hot milk with sugar and vanilla poured over whisked egg yolks and thickened over the heat while stirring; topped with spoonfuls of egg-white foam poached in boiling water.

⏱ 35 min

🧀 Dairy 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-free

Versions:Original ⚖ Pareve

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Heat the milk and sugar in a saucepan, and while it heats, add the seeds of the vanilla pod.
StovePot
2
Separate the eggs and whisk the yolks.
BowlWhisk
3
Pour the hot milk carefully, a little at a time, over the whisked yolks, return to the heat and stir constantly until the cream thickens.
StoveWhisk
4
Whip the egg whites with the pinch of salt to a stiff foam.
Stand mixer
5
Bring the water to a boil in a pot. Scoop up a tablespoon of the foam and poach it in the boiling water, and repeat with all the foam.
StovePotSpoon / teaspoon (regular)
6
Turn and poach on all sides, drain off the excess water and place the poached foam on the cream.
Slotted spoon

489calories

21 gprotein

62 gcarbs

17 gfat

● protein 17%● carbs 51%● fat 32%

Per serving (404 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Milk: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 244 g · 60 kcal per 100 g · More about Milk →
Sugar: 1 cup = 200 g · 387 kcal per 100 g · More about Sugar →
Vanilla bean: 288 kcal per 100 g · More about Vanilla bean →
Eggs: measured in pieces: one ≈ 50 g · 143 kcal per 100 g · More about Eggs →
Water: 1 cup = 240 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Water →
Salt: 1 tbsp = 18 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Stand mixer · Also works: Hand mixer (Handheld, weak with heavy doughs) · Whisk (Lots of time and effort) · Dough hook (Knead by hand instead)
Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)
Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

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Crème Anglaise with Floating Islands

👨‍🍳 Method

⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

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