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    Home » Recipes » German Recipes

    German Vanilla Sauce

    Published: Aug 7, 2018 · Modified: Mar 8, 2022 by Angela Schofield ·

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    Serve with fruit topping and heavy whipping cream or vanilla sauce.

    Homemade Vanilla Sauce
    German Vanilla Sauce

    How is Vanilla Sauce called in German?

    Vanilla Sauce is called either “Vanillesoße” or “Vanillesauce”. The character “ß” resembles two “ss” in German.

    How to pronounce "Vanillesoße"?

    Listen to this audio file to hear how to say "Vanillesoße".

    click play button to listen

    Making vanilla sauce yourself is very easy, you just need to follow a few tips.

    Generally speaking, an egg-based custard is made, that is aromatised with vanilla. The only challenge there is binding the sauce. The egg mass cannot reach a temperature higher than 78°, otherwise it will curdle too much.

    The binding will begin at around 60°. If you are binding cream with egg, then in German cuisine you would say “zur Rose abziehen”. This means the following: The best way to make it is by putting the cream base into a metal bowl and onto a hot bain-marie (pot-in-pot waterbath). After that you add the egg slowly, this works best if it is mixed with sugar, while stirring constantly. Now the mass has to be stirred over the bain-marie until the binding is perfect.

    This can be checked with a trick. You dip a wooden cooking spoon into the mass and blow onto the back of the spoon. If the mass gets creased, and looks similar to a rose, then the cream is finished.

    Tip

     This undertaking is theoretically easy, but it does need a bit of patience.

    If you prefer a quicker way, then you can also put the pot on the stove. It is important to keep a low heat when working. This needs a bit of experience however as the egg can curdle quickly. Another secret tip for this, using a magic wand can usually save the egg mass in case it starts to curdle.

    Homemade Vanilla Sauce Recipe

    Recipe

    Vanilla Sauce Recipe

    German Vanilla Sauce

    Angela Schofield
    4.67 from 24 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 10 minutes mins
    Course Desserts
    Cuisine German
    Servings 2 cups

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
    • ⅔ cup milk
    • ½ cup heavy whipping cream
    • 1 tbsp. corn starch
    • ⅓ cup sugar
    • 1 pinch salt
    • 4 egg yolks

    Instructions
     

    • In a sauce pan, mix corn starch with two tablespoons of cold milk.
    • Separate egg yolks from egg whites and beat lightly.
    • Bring rest of the milk, heavy whipping cream, sugar, salt and vanilla to a boil and set aside.
    • Gradually whisk the egg yolks into the milk mixture.
    • Cook mixture on low heat for about two minutes.

    Nutrition

    Yield: 1grams
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    Tips

    Vanilla sauce is added to many sweet dishes and cakes in Germany.

    Traditionally adding a homemade vanilla sauce to apple strudel, Dampfnudeln, Kirschmichel, waffles, Germknödel and other sweet delicacies is an absolute must.

    vanilla sauce for apple strudel

    Bonus Tip

    Real vanilla beans are quite expensive. Before you discard your vanilla bean next time after removing the delicious seeds, follow the recipe below and make your own homemade vanilla sugar – an essential ingredient in German (Christmas) baking. Even if you use the seeds for a recipe you can use the scraped out vanilla bean to make vanilla sugar.

    Vanilla Sugar

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