Vanilla Cream Pudding
The thick, spoonable vanilla pudding of Bulgarian childhoods — milk, yolks and sugar set with cornflour and a real vanilla pod, chilled in glasses and dusted with cocoa. Cooking it a full minute past thickening takes away any starchy taste.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 l whole milk
- 1 vanilla pod, split
- 150 g sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 60 g cornflour
- 1 pinch salt
- 30 g butter
- 1 tsp cocoa powder, for dusting
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1870 kcal · P 50.2g · C 249.2g · F 80g
Estimated from 8 of 8 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod into 800 ml of the milk in a heavy pan, add the pod and the sugar and heat until steaming.
- 2In a bowl, whisk the yolks, cornflour and salt with the remaining 200 ml of cold milk until completely smooth.
- 3Lift out the vanilla pod, whisk a ladle of the hot milk into the yolk mixture, then pour it all back into the pan.
- 4Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly and reaching into the corners, until it thickens and the first large bubbles burst, then keep whisking for 1 minute more so the starch cooks through.
- 5Take off the heat and whisk in the butter until glossy.
- 6Pour into 6 glasses or bowls and press cling film onto the surface of each so no skin forms.
- 7Cool, then chill for at least 3 hours, until set.
- 8Just before serving, remove the film and dust with cocoa through a fine sieve.
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Questions and answers
How long does Vanilla Cream Pudding take to make?
About 25 minutes: 10 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Vanilla Cream Pudding?
8 ingredients: whole milk, vanilla pod, sugar, egg yolks, cornflour, salt, butter, cocoa powder.
How many servings does this Vanilla Cream Pudding recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Vanilla Cream Pudding?
About 312 kcal, with 8.4 g protein, 41.5 g carbohydrate and 13.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Vanilla Cream Pudding recipe suit?
It is vegetarian and gluten-free.
What cuisine is Vanilla Cream Pudding?
Vanilla Cream Pudding comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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