custard sauce

Pourable egg cream

Custard sauce is a pourable dessert sauce made from eggs, sugar, milk or cream, and often vanilla.

It's the British term for what Americans typically call crème anglaise.

Thinner than the custard used for filling pies, it's meant to be spooned or poured over puddings, cakes, and fruit desserts: Christmas pudding with warm custard sauce.

Related

eggs · egg yolks · sugar · dessert · silky · warm · trifle · pudding · bread pudding · drizzle · golden · sweet · velvety · spoon · ladle · gravy boat · yolk · saucepan

Categories
Opposites
texture/consistency

custard saucewhipped cream

Aerated dairy topping

frosting · buttercream · meringue · hard sauce · ganache

flavor profile

custard saucevinaigrette

Oil-and-sour sauce

hot sauce · mustard sauce · balsamic reduction · béchamel · lemon curd

temperature of service

custard sauceice cream

Churned frozen dairy dessert

frozen custard · gelato · sorbet

Family

custard, custards, sauce, sauces, sauced, saucing, saucy, saucier, sauciest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G