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Ingredients
½ cup heavy cream
½ cup milk
3 ½ tablespoons sugar
½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise, pulp scraped
3 large egg yolks
1 tablespoon brandy
Freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish
Preparation
- Step 1
In a saucepan over medium heat, whisk together cream and milk with 2 tablespoons sugar, vanilla bean pod and pulp.
- Step 2
In a bowl, whisk egg yolks with remaining sugar. When cream heats to just below a simmer, drizzle half of it into egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Add yolk mixture back into saucepan, whisking constantly.
- Step 3
Cook sauce over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until it is thick enough to coat back of spoon, about 5 minutes. Strain mixture into a bowl and stir in brandy. Serve warm or cold over baked apples, garnished with nutmeg.
Private Notes
Comments
I used 1/8 tsp almond extract instead of brandy since I was putting it on a tart that had an almond based crust. Worked great
