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Vanilla sauce (with potato flour and cream)

Vanilla sauce: egg, egg yolk, milk, potato flour and sugar are heated until just boiling, cooled while stirring and mixed with vanilla and whipped cream. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 578.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 578 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

This is one of two vanilla sauces in the book; this one is lightly thickened with potato flour and lightened with whipped cream.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Mix

    Mix the egg, egg yolk, milk, potato flour and sugar.

  2. 2

    Heat

    Heat until the sauce just boils, and cool it while stirring.

  3. 3

    Add vanilla and cream

    When the sauce is cold, stir in the vanilla and fold in the stiffly whipped cream.

Changes from the original

Old measures converted to dl. Vanilla appears in the method but not in the ingredient list; the amount is set to 'to taste'. The title is distinguished from the other vanilla sauce by a parenthesis.

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1949 (proofread, p. 578) → Modernised~78% of the text changedremovedadded
1 egg stk egg. 1 eggeplomme stk eggeplomme. 4 del. melk dl melk. 1 toppet teskje potetesmel ts potetmel (toppet). 30 gr. sukker ⅛ del. kremfløte. Eggene, melken, melet g sukker. 0,13 dl kremfløte (stivvispet). vanilje (etter smak). Bland egg, eggeplomme, melk, potetmel og sukkeret blandes, settes sukker.. Sett over varmen til det sausen såvidt koker; avkjøles koker, og avkjøl den under omrøren. omrøring.. Når sausen er kold, tilsettes kald, rør inn vaniljen og vend inn den stivvispede fløte. fløten.

Note on Modernised

Del. omregnet til dl. Vanilje står i metoden, men ikke i ingredienslisten; mengden er satt til «etter smak». Tittelen er skilt fra den andre vaniljesausen med en parentes.

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Frequently asked questions

When are the vanilla and cream added?
When the sauce is cold.
Why potato flour?
It thickens the sauce so it does not separate, and it only needs to just boil.

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