Vanilla Cream with Pear Puree

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 10min
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Smoothie‑cream: How well vanilla pudding can do without chocolate sauce is proven by this berry‑rich alternative. Vanilla pudding makes children's hearts beat faster.

Ingredients

  • 400 g ripe pears (2 ripe pears)
  • 0.5 Organic lemon
  • 2 tbsp apple syrup
  • 250 ml milk (1.5 % fat)
  • 1 packet vanilla pudding powder
  • 40 g cane sugar (2 tbsp)
  • 250 ml buttermilk
  • 4 tbsp lingonberries (jar; no added sugar)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash, peel, quarter, core and roughly cube the pears.

  2. 2.

    Rinse half a lemon hot, dry‑rub it, grate the zest finely and squeeze out the juice.

  3. 3.

    Bring pear cubes with lemon juice and zest plus apple syrup to a boil in a pot and simmer for 5–10 minutes over medium heat.

  4. 4.

    Remove from stove, blend with an immersion blender until smooth and let cool. Refrigerate.

  5. 5.

    Whisk 5 tbsp milk with pudding powder and sugar until smooth.

  6. 6.

    Heat the remaining milk in another pot. Stir in the prepared pudding mixture and cook while stirring constantly for 1 minute.

  7. 7.

    Pour into a bowl and cool, stirring occasionally to prevent skin formation. Whisk in buttermilk with a whisk. Layer the pudding with pear puree in 4 glasses. Spoon 1 tbsp lingonberries on top and serve.