BERRIES WITH CREME ANGLAISE AND WHIPPED CREAM

Berries With Creme Anglaise and Whipped Cream image

Provided by Robert Farrar Capon

Categories dessert

Time 25m

Yield Makes six portions

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

4 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot milk
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons fine granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 quart berries, washed, hulled and sprinkled with fine granulated sugar, if desired

Steps:

Beat the yolks with the sugar and salt in the top of a double boiler, add the milk and cook over simmering water, stirring constantly until the mixture is thickened and smooth. Cool, stirring occasionally to prevent a skin from forming on top. Refrigerate.
Whip the cream, adding the sugar and vanilla near the end of the process.
Combine the custard mixture and the whipped cream, folding them together until blended.
Serve over the berries, or fold the berries into the cream mixture in the manner of a Fool. Alternatively, serve berries and cream separately for hand-dipping at the table.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 788, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 158 grams, Fat 18 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 87 milligrams, Sugar 157 grams