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Tutti-Frutti-Blancmange

4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.5 l milk
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 100 g starch
• 4 pcs eggs
• 1 pcs butter
• 4 pcs bitter almonds (finely crushed)
• vanilla (a little)
• ladyfingers (as needed)
• preserved fruit or compote (as needed)

Instructions

1. Prepare a blancmange from milk, sugar, starch, eggs, butter, almonds, and vanilla: Whisk the egg yolks well and just mix them into the cooked mixture over the heat.
2. After removing from the heat, fold in the beaten egg whites.
3. Line a bowl with ladyfingers, add a layer of preserved fruit or good, freshly cooked compote, and cover with the cooled blancmange.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.