anglaise
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9.6
A thin sweet sauce of milk, eggs, and sugar that you pour over desserts
- noun
- /æŋˈɡleɪz/
:
crema inglesa
- For dessert, I poured warm crème anglaise over the chocolate cake.
- crème anglaise
- anglaise sauce
Examples
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For dessert, we skipped the Blueberry Crisp with bacon crème anglaise (it was painful to do!) and instead had another drink.
Blog text (21) -
The chef prepared a delicious vanilla crème anglaise to accompany the fresh fruit.
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The recipe called for a rich crème anglaise made with egg yolks and cream.
Synonyms
crème anglaise
vsanglaise
1
8.4
A thin sweet sauce made from eggs and milk, flavored with vanilla and served with desserts
is the same sauce but named without the extra noun
Antonyms
Compounds
1
8.4
A thin sweet sauce made from eggs and milk, flavored with vanilla and served with desserts
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word anglaise comes from the French anglaise meaning 'English', as in crème anglaise which means 'English cream'. So think of a smooth, sweet 'English cream' to remember this light pouring custard sauce.