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Gingerbread with Spiced Creme Anglaise
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2002

Ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter
1 cup turbinado sugar (recommended: Sugar in the Raw)
3 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 cup molasses

1 cup Guinness, or other dark beer
Spiced Creme Anglaise, recipe follows
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 by
9-inch cake pan and line with parchment paper. Grease the parchment paper and set
aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs 1 at a
time. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon,
salt, cloves, and nutmeg. In a third bowl, combine the molasses and beer and stir
to dissolve. Add the dry ingredients and beer mixture alternately to the egg
mixture, beating after the addition of each.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake until puffed and set, about 35 minutes. Remove
from the oven and let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Spoon the Creme Anglaise
onto the middle of 12 dessert plates. Cut the gingerbread into 12 equal portions
and place on plates. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and serve.

Ingredients
Spiced Creme Anglaise:
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon orange zest
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
3 large egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar

Directions
Combine the cream, the zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, and
ginger in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from
the heat.
In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar until pale and frothy, about 2
minutes. Slowly drizzle in 1/2 cup of the hot cream, whisking constantly. Return
the mixture to warm milk and stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until
thick, about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and serve warm. (Or, to serve
chilled, place in an ice bath to cool, then cover with plastic wrap, pressing down
against the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until well
chilled, about 2 hours.)
Yield: 2 cups Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 6 minutes Inactive Prep Time: if
chilled, 2 hours