Vanilla and Chocolate Vla Vla (sort of Custard Pudding)

Ingredients

  • 1 ltr milk
  • 40 gr of custard or corn flour (Corn flour will give it a neutral color. Custard, yellow)
  • 50-60 gr of sugar

Method

Mix the flour with the sugar and 4 tbsp of milk.
Bring the rest of the milk to the boil.
Add the custard mix and keep on stirring while it gently simmers for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat.

Cooling Down

To prevent skin forming while the vla is cooling down:
1- you can sprinkle a thin layer of sugar on top, or
2- you can put the pan in a larger pan of cold water, and keep whisking every 5 minutes until the vla is luke warm.

Different Tastes

For real vanilla, start with simmering the milk with a cut open vanilla stick for 20 minutes.
Remove the stick, and add 2 bags of vanilla sugar.

For chocolate you have two options. You can melt real chocolate in the simmering milk, or you could add 40gr of cocoa powder to the sugar.

For caramel you have to caramelise 125gr of white castor sugar in a pan.
When the sugar has the right color, remove from heat, add 2 tbsp of cold water to stop the cooking process, and add the boiling milk (and optional 125ml cream). Stir until the caramel is dissolved.
Don't use anymore sugar for the further preparation of the vla except for some vanilla sugar.

For coffee, mix in some instant coffee, like nescafe.