Bavarian cream with berries

Name: Bavarian cream with berries (Bayrisch Creme mit Beeren)
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups milk; 1 vanilla pod (bean); 1 vanilla pod (bean); 4 egg yolks; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 7 gelatine leaves, soaked in water for 10 minutes; 10 ml/2 tsp almond liqueur; 300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups double (heavy) cream, whipped until stiff; mint leaves, to decorate; compote of berries or fresh strawberries, to serve; compote of berries or fresh strawberries, to serve

Bayrisch Creme mit Beeren

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Germany

By Mirko Trenkner

Published 2009

About

Every apprentice German chef has to learn this classic recipe. A soft, sweet cream with the unique aroma of fresh vanilla, served with a compote of cherries or strawberries, it makes a delightful end to a meal.

Ingredients

300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups milk
1 vani

Europe
Germany
Dessert

Method

Put the milk in a pan. Cut the vanilla pod in half lengthways and scrape out the seeds. Add the pod and the seeds to the milk and heat to boiling point, then remove the pan from the heat.
Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until light and thick, t