Cream Bavarian Style (Bavarian Cream) with Forest Berries

Ingredients

• 1 Vanilla bean
• 200 ml Milk (3.5% fat)
• 4 sheets gelatin
• 3 egg yolks
• 50 g whole cane sugar
• 200 ml whipping cream
• 500 g mixed berries (e.g., strawberries, raspberries, blueberries)
• 0.5 lemon
• 1 tbsp honey (15 g)
• 100 ml cloudy apple juice
• 2 sprigs Mint

Instructions

1. 1.

   Slice the vanilla bean lengthwise and simmer with milk in a pot. Remove from heat and let steep for about 15 minutes. Soak gelatin in cold water.

2. 2.

   Beat egg yolks with sugar until fluffy in a bowl. Strain milk into the mixture and whisk over a double boiler until creamy. Squeeze out excess water from gelatin and stir in. Then whisk over a cold water bath until the cream slowly begins to set.

3. 3.

   Whip cream stiffly and fold it into the custard. Pour into chilled molds and cover, refrigerating for at least 3 hours.

4. 4.

   Meanwhile, strain, wash, trim berries and cut as needed. Juice lemon, bring juice with honey and apple juice to a boil. Remove from heat and mix in berries. Let cool.

5. 5.

   Shake mint dry. Carefully unmold the cream onto plates and spread berry compote around it. Serve garnished with mint.