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Vanilla cream with white wine sauce

Vanilla cream with white wine sauce

  • Dessert
  • German

A two-layer Hanover dessert: white vanilla cream with whipped egg whites and a yellow white-wine sauce.

Active time38 min

Cooking18 min

Total2 h 30 minResting : 2 h

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Ingredients

  • 1 lemon
  • 120 g pasteurised liquid egg whites suitable for whipping
  • 72 g plain unsweetened pasteurised liquid egg yolks
  • 500 ml pasteurised whole milk
  • 35 g cornstarch
  • 1 g fine salt
  • 125 g white sugar
  • 16 g vanilla sugar
  • 250 ml dry alcoholic white wine

Preparation

  1. Halve and squeeze the lemon. Strain and measure out 30 ml of juice.

    1 lemon
    • knife
    • citrus juicer
    • fine sieve
  2. Whip pasteurised whites with salt to stiff peaks in a grease-free bowl. Mix 28 g starch with 75 ml cold milk. Heat the remaining 425 ml with 50 g sugar and vanilla sugar for about 5 minutes until boiling. Add the starch mixture and boil for 1 minute, stirring. Remove from heat, gently fold in whites and divide between the bottoms of the dishes. Cool, then chill for about 30 minutes.

    120 g pasteurised liquid egg whites suitable for whipping
    500 ml pasteurised whole milk
    35 g cornstarch
    1 g fine salt
    125 g white sugar
    16 g vanilla sugar
    • grease-free bowl
    • electric mixer
    • bowl
    • saucepan
    • whisk
    • spatula
    • dessert dishes
  3. Whisk pasteurised yolks with the remaining 75 g sugar, remaining 7 g starch, lemon juice and wine. Gently heat in a saucepan for about 10 minutes, whisking until thickened and a thermometer reads 82 °C. Hold while stirring for 2 minutes without boiling. Transfer to a shallow dish and cool for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

    72 g plain unsweetened pasteurised liquid egg yolks
    250 ml dry alcoholic white wine
    • bowl
    • whisk
    • saucepan
    • food thermometer
    • shallow dish
  4. Divide cooled yellow sauce over white cream without mixing. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Wine remains an alcoholic ingredient of this dessert.

    • dessert dishes
    • spoon
    • lids

Allergens

  • Eggs
  • Milk
  • Sulphites
Sources and credits

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Vanilla cream with white wine sauce