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Vanilla Sauce Recipe – German Style

Homemade German vanilla sauce recipe for bread pudding and other desserts.
Prep Time3 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time8 minutes
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: German
Servings: 6
Calories: 87kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 3 tablespoons if using a vanilla pod or pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar with ground vanilla See note 1
  • 1 ¼ tablespoons cornstarch
  • 500 ml/ 1 pint/ 2 cups full-fat milk
  • a few drops yellow food coloring optional (See note 2)

Instructions

  • Give the egg, sugar and vanilla sugar (or pure vanilla extract) to a bowl. If using a vanilla pot, halve it lenghtwise and scrape the seeds out of the pod. Give the seeds to the bowl with the egg and sugar.
  • Whisk well until frothy.
  • Add the cornstarch and whisk very well again, making sure that the mixture doesn't have any clumps.
  • Slowly pour in the milk while whisking.
  • Transfer the mixture to a saucepan and gently bring to a boil while whisking almost constantly.
  • Let the vanilla sauce bubble shortly while whiking continously until it thickens slightly.
  • The vanilla sauce will continue to set while it cools, so don't let it get too thick at this point, the consistency you are aiming for is slightly thicker yet pourable.
  • Serve hot, warm or cold as suggested above.
  • The German vanilla sauce can be easily reheated. Heat it gently in a small pan, while stirring continously and adding a small splash of milk to make it slightly thinner again.

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Notes

  1. You can use ½ to 1 vanilla pod or 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract instead.
  2. Totally unnecessary, but you can make the pudding more yellow, if you wish. This way it will look more like commercial vanilla sauce or pudding.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/6 of the vanilla sauce | Calories: 87kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 57mg | Sugar: 6g