Apple Tarte Tatin with Crème Anglaise

Crème Anglaise

• ½ vanilla bean
• 4 oz sugar
• 16 oz whipping cream
• 5 oz whole milk
• 6 egg yolks, from large eggs

Apple Tarte Tatin

• 4 oz dark brown sugar
• 2 oz unsalted butter, in pieces
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp ground ginger
• 1 oz calvados
  or 1 oz brandy
• 4 Fuji apples, peeled, cored and quartered
• 1 sheet puff pastry, ready-made, thawed per pkg. instructions