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Vla or Custard (Vanilla and chocolate)

Vla is originally a typical Dutch dairy desert made from fresh milk. Vla was originally sold in glass bottles and the consistency made extracting the complete amount difficult, so a special bottle scraper (flessenschraper or flessenlikker) was specifically designed
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Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Dutch
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Vanilla Vla
  • ½ litre whole milk
  • 1 pod vanilla
  • 30 gr sugar
  • 20 gr corn starch
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 pinch salt
Chocolate Vla
  • ½ litre milk or whole milk
  • 25 gr corn starch
  • 25 gr cocoa
  • 60 gr sugar

Method
 

Vanilla Vla
  1. Pour the whole milk into a saucepan. Scrape the vanilla pod and put the vanilla together with the stick in the milk. Bring the milk to a boil and then simmer for 10 minutes on low heat while stirring occasionally
  2. In the meantime, mix up the sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks and salt. After 10 minutes, remove the vanilla pod from the pan and stir in a few tablespoons of warm milk through your egg mixture. Then you gently beat the egg mixture through the milk. Turn the heat a little higher and let it thicken to custard while you keep stirring
  3. Then turn off the heat, pour the custard into a bowl and allow to cool slightly. This custard is delicious to eat lukewarm. You can also let it cool down and store it in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days. Cover or finish with plastic foil, otherwise there will be a sheet on the custard and that would be a shame
Chocolate Vla
  1. Mix custard powder, cocoa powder and sugar, and mix with a deciliter of cold milk.
  2. Bring the remaining milk to the boil, and add the paste while stirring. The custard is bound within a minute.
  3. Turn down the heat, and heat for two more minutes while you continue to beat with the whisk. Pour the custard into a bowl immediately and cover with plastic wrap to cool.

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