Sesame Blancmange Its Black Not White Recipes

BLANC MANGE (ENGLISH STYLE)

Steps:

• Place 1 cup of the milk into a saucepan. Add lemon peel and cinnamon sticks. Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch and sugar. Whisk remaining milk into the cornstarch mixture. When the milk in the pan begins to simmer, pour the cornstarch mixture into the saucepan in a thin steady stream. Whisk vigorously and increase heat just a bit to bring the mixture to a gentle boil. Allow the mixture to boil for about 20 seconds while continuing to whisk, then remove from heat. Remove the lemon peel and cinnamon sticks. Stir in the pinch of cinnamon and, if using, the vanilla.
• Pour into a dish or mold, and refrigerate for at least 6 hours, or overnight. Garnish with shaved chocolate just before serving.

BLANCMANGE

Steps:

• Mix the cornstarch, sugar, and salt with 1/4 cup of cold milk.
• In a small pot, heat the remaining milk over low heat (Do not boil!).
• While whisking, slowly add the cold milk mixture to the heated milk, stirring constantly, in a heavy bottomed pan or a double boiler.
• Continue to cook over low heat, whisking constantly, for 15 minutes until the raw taste of the cornstarch disappears and it thickens. (Do not boil!). It will thicken all at once at the end of the cooking time.
• Let cool, then add the vanilla.
• Cover and chill.
• For Chocolate Blancmange, when you heat the milk, add 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate and stir until smooth.
• Can pour into decorative 1/4-1/2 cup dishes.

SESAME BLANCMANGE (IT'S BLACK!, NOT WHITE)

Steps:

• If sesame powder is not available, blend/process sesame in food processor or blender just before oil appears.
• In a pot, combine the milk, sugar and sesame powder. Stir a little to combine.
• Over medium heat, stir the mixture with a wooden spoon. Be careful so that the mixture will not burn or stick.
• Change to lower heat after about 2-3 minutes. STir carefully with wooden spoon.
• When the mixture changes, the sesame is well-bleneded, turn the heat to the lowest until the mixture thickens.
• Pour into molds/cups.
• The author quotes in Japanese "Don't feel to rushed, but if you spend oto much time, it will quickly solidfy and become really funny looking. It will turn to stone, so work quickly.".
• For Vegan use only the soy milk.