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Blancmange with Starch

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 l milk
• 75 g starch
• 5 pcs egg yolks
• 100 g sugar
• 24 pcs sweet almonds (finely crushed)
• 6 pcs bitter almonds (finely crushed)
• lemon zest (a little)
• 1 pcs butter

Instructions

1. Bring milk, sugar, almonds, and lemon zest to a boil.
2. Whisk the starch and egg yolks with a little reserved milk, then stir into the boiling mixture and cook thoroughly while constantly stirring.
3. Quickly pour the blancmange into a bowl, as it cannot be unmolded.
4. Serve chilled, garnished with suitable fruits or on small plates.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.