Blancmange

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder (red , green, yellow) or 3 -4 drops food coloring (red , green, yellow)
• 15 g gelatin
• 200 ml milk (skimmed can be used)
• 3 -4 drops vanilla essence (use vanilla for cocoa or yellow or pista for green or strawberry or raspberry for red)
• 4 teaspoons sugar, to taste
• grated chocolate, to garnish the chocolate blancmange (orange rind, for the cocoa or yellow, flakes of pistachio or almond for the green, etc.)

Recipe

• 1 grease a mould and set aside.
• 2 dissolve the agar agar or the gelatine in a little warm water.
• 3 cool.
• 4 mix this into the milk and then put on the flame for a few minutes till the milk thickens a little.
• 5 stir continuously.
• 6 add the cocoa/ or any other colour and the sugar and mix.
• 7 take off the flame and add the essence.
• 8 pour into the mould and refrigerate till set.
• 9 invert onto serving plate and garnish with your choice of garnish.
• 10 great dessert which is light and not too sweet (at least when i make it).