Blanca's Rich And Creamy Vanilla Pudding

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 6 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 cups whole milk
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 3 large egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• cinnamon, for dusting (optional)
• raisins (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, combine the cornstarch and salt. slowly whisk in the whole milk then the sweetened condensed milk until thoroughly combined.
• 2 heat the mixture over medium heat, whisking constantly and scraping sides and bottom of saucepan.
• 3 when mixture begins to thicken a bit, add about 1 cup of it to the egg yolks. mix well and then add the egg mixture back to saucepan.
• 4 cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
• 5 strain the pudding through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl, scraping with a rubber spatula to pass the pudding through. (i know this is an extra step, but it removes any bits of cooked egg, so the pudding is smooth.).
• 6 stir the butter and vanilla into the pudding until the butter is melted.
• 7 to prevent a skin from forming, press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pudding or you can dust it with a little bit of cinnamon and put some raisins on top like my mom does. refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.