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Almond Sauce

4 servings

Ingredients

• 12 pcs sweet almonds
• 2 pcs bitter almonds
• vanilla (a little)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sweet cream
• sugar (to taste)
• 1 tsp flour
• 2 pcs egg yolks

Instructions

1. Prepare 12 sweet and two bitter almonds, finely chop them, and cook with a little vanilla and one cup of milk for fifteen minutes.
2. Strain the sauce through a sieve, add another cup of sweet cream, and bring the sauce to a boil with sugar and one teaspoon of flour.
3. Finally, thicken with two egg yolks.
4. It can be served cold or warm.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.