Homemade pudding: A nostalgic treat for all generations

This has been a well-known treat since childhood, although all generations enjoy it today. In stores, you can find pouches of powder in various flavours, from classics like cream and vanilla to raspberry, cherry, or salted caramel. However, none can compare to the one prepared at home.

Pudding is one of the simplest desserts. Our moms and grandmas made it, and it appeared on preschoolers' menus, along with many other desserts, like plum cake. Although you can easily buy ready-made powder or even already-made pudding in stores, once you prepare it from scratch at home according to an old recipe, you will never go back to store-bought.

Life should be made easier, so using semi-prepared products in the kitchen is not bad. Pudding, however, is so simple and quick that you don't need to rush to buy a pouch when you crave dessert.

All children in the 1980s enjoyed homemade pudding. When Mom put out the fire under the stove and poured the pudding into a bowl, everyone grabbed their spoons. If we add homemade raspberry syrup, we have a dessert that steals hearts, not just because of sentiment.

Ingredients:

                      
• 500 mL of milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons of potato starch
• 1 tablespoon of wheat flour
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• seeds from half a vanilla bean

You can use vanilla sugar instead of a vanilla bean. Add a tablespoon of vanilla sugar along with regular sugar to the egg yolk and flour.

Preparation:

              
1. In a saucepan, heat half the milk on low heat.
2. In a bowl, combine the egg yolks, both flours, the remaining milk, and sugar. Mix well to avoid lumps.
3. Pour the mixture into the hot milk, stirring constantly.
4. Add the vanilla seeds and heat the mixture until the pudding thickens.

Transfer the ready pudding to a bowl. Cover it with plastic wrap if you want to wait until it cools. This way, a skin will not form. Serve with homemade raspberry syrup and enjoy the taste like in the old days.