White (dessert) Sauce

[minimatt1967]

Many years ago, when I were a boy, their used to be a white dessert sauce made I believe by Ambrosia. I used to love it because I can't stand brandy sauce and it was great with Christmas Pud!

Anybody remember it?
Anybody know how to make it?

[Bec]

I remember it - we still make it every year for my Gran.

We don't have an exact recipe, but we use cornflour to thicken milk - something along the lines of heat quantity of milk. Mix some cornflour with cold milk to make a paste. Add paste to hot milk and stir over a low heat until sauce reaches desired thickness.

Sorry I can't be precise over the quantities - we work on the add more milk if it's too thick, or more paste if it's too thin basis (nothing to do with the quantity of wine that may have been consumed by that point)

[smiller]

I'd add vanilla to that.

[Gaffer]

only thing i can think of is Birds Dream topping

[minimatt1967]

Gaffer said:

only thing i can think of is Birds Dream topping

quite literally that stuff makes me terribly ill! I had some on a trifle once... never again

[Gaffer]

So its not that then...

[minimatt1967]

No.. it's more like a custard erm sort of!

[Watch-Collector]

Maybe call the people that make Ambrosia???

[minimatt1967]

E=mailed,thanks, god knows why I didn't think of that first