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Maicreme

4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.12 L Milk
• 3 Stk Eggs
• 120 g Sugar
• 0.5 Stk Vanilla sugar
• 1 EL Flour
• 0.25 L whipped cream (for the cream)
• 1 Stk Brandy
• Woodruff (finely chopped) (nach Bedarf)
• pineapple strawberries or wild strawberries (nach Bedarf)
• 0.12 L whipped cream (for decorating)
• Strawberries (for garnish) (nach Bedarf)
• sponge fingers, waffles, or wafer rolls (nach Bedarf)

Instructions

1. Whip 0.125 l milk with three whole eggs, 120 g sugar, half a packet of vanilla sugar and one tablespoon flour in a saucepan over almost boiling water until thick and creamy.
2. Stir the cream several times in an ice bath until completely cooled to prevent skin formation.
3. Just before setting, fold in 0.25 l firmly whipped cream, a splash of cognac and a little finely chopped woodruff (May herb).
4. Add diced fresh strawberries or selected whole wild strawberries as desired.
5. Fill the cream three-quarters into glass bowls or stemmed glasses and chill.
6. Before serving, pipe 0.125 l whipped cream with a piping bag and a large star tip.
7. Decorate with fresh strawberries.
8. Serve with biscuits, waffles or crisp wafers.

Based on a cookbook by Hans Hofer (1964), adapted with AI.