Blancmange with cookies is a truly delicious spoon dessert! It’s a very simple Sicilian dessert with a base of milk, cornstarch, and cookies. Once the cream is prepared, the cookies are used to create multiple layers, giving the dessert a very pleasant texture. Blancmange is an economical dessert that can be prepared very quickly; moreover, there are a thousand versions, for example, some add fresh seasonal fruit or dried fruit. You can also substitute cow’s milk with almond milk to further imprint the Sicilian origin from which it comes. If I have intrigued you, hurry up and prepare the blancmange with cookies! Don’t forget to follow me through my social pages on Facebook and Instagram
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 8 People
- Cooking methods: Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 346.03 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 64.56 (g) of which sugars 27.40 (g)
- Proteins 5.11 (g)
- Fat 6.79 (g) of which saturated 0.28 (g)of which unsaturated 0.16 (g)
- Fibers 11.16 (g)
- Sodium 128.33 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 115 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 4¼ cups milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- cup sugar
- cup cornstarch
- cup coffee
- to taste sugar granules (for decoration)
- 9 oz plain cookies
How to Make Blancmange with Cookies
Start by heating 2/3 of the milk in a saucepan, add the vanilla extract and sugar.
Add the remaining milk to a bowl, pour in the cornstarch, and mix until smooth and lump-free.
At this point, pour the cornstarch mixture into the saucepan with the hot milk.
Stir until it thickens.
Now start assembling the dessert: in a baking dish, spread a thin layer of the prepared cream, arrange the cookies soaked in coffee in the dish, then add the milk cream, making a total of two layers. Let the blancmange with cookies rest in the refrigerator.
At serving time, decorate with colored sugar sprinkles.
Storing blancmange with cookies
This dessert can be stored in the refrigerator, covered with plastic wrap, for up to 3 days; alternatively, you can also freeze it for up to two months.
