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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 30 |
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This is a creamy sauce used to decorate dessert plates, or as a side sauce. Especially good to dress up a chocolatey dessert. Ingredients:
1 -3 tablespoon fresh mint leaves, minced |
3 cups heavy cream |
1 cup milk |
8 egg yolks |
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla |
3/4 cup sugar |
1 dash salt |
Directions:
1. Place egg yolks, vanilla, sugar and salt in a medium size metal or other heatproof bowl.
2. Whisk together until well blended.
3. Heat heavy cream, milk and 1 Tbls mint leaves in a medium size saucepan over medium heat until it JUST begins to simmer.
4. (taste for mint flavor, and add more mint if needed; may take up to 3 tbls depending on strength of flavor desired) Temper the egg mixture by slowly whisking in about 1/3 of the hot cream mixture, adding it in a thin stream while whisking vigorously to avoid cooking the eggs.
5. Then slowly add the egg/cream mixture back into the remainder of the heated cream, whisking to blend.
6. Heat mixture over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a spatula, until the anglaise coats the back of the spatula (just at 180F, but be very careful not to exceed 180F or mixture will curdle).
7. Partially immerse pot in a bowl of ice water to stop cooking.
8. Strain through a chinacap to remove most of the mint leaves.
9. Chill immediately.
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