: a vanilla-flavored custard sauce usually served with desserts
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If that wasn’t enough, each slice is served with a pool of creme anglaise.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
None of her creations, though, achieved the status of her coconut-pecan cake, a majestic confection of finely ground toasted coconut and pecans served with a creme anglaise.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 3 Mar. 2022
Business and first-class passengers can also expect mashed sweet potatoes, blanched broccolini, and pecan tarts with passion fruit cream, chocolate sauce, and creme anglaise.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2021
The signature Honeyberry pancakes include a berry mascarpone filling, fresh berries, vanilla creme anglaise and blackberry coulis.
—Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2021
The most original marries sponge cake and passionfruit coulis, a confection finished with black sesame seeds and a ring of creme anglaise.
—Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
Or creme anglaise, ice cream or lemon curd.
—SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
And, from Molnar, there will always be bread (a full baguette this menu) and shared dessert (gallette de fruit with buttermilk creme anglaise).
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
None of her creations, though, achieved the status of her coconut-pecan cake, a majestic confection of finely ground toasted coconut and pecans served with a creme anglaise.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 3 Mar. 2022
Business and first-class passengers can also expect mashed sweet potatoes, blanched broccolini, and pecan tarts with passion fruit cream, chocolate sauce, and creme anglaise.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2021
The signature Honeyberry pancakes include a berry mascarpone filling, fresh berries, vanilla creme anglaise and blackberry coulis.
—Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2021
The most original marries sponge cake and passionfruit coulis, a confection finished with black sesame seeds and a ring of creme anglaise.
—Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
Or creme anglaise, ice cream or lemon curd.
—SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
And, from Molnar, there will always be bread (a full baguette this menu) and shared dessert (gallette de fruit with buttermilk creme anglaise).
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
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“Crème anglaise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cr%C3%A8me%20anglaise. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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