Light Vanilla Bean Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups 1% low-fat milk
• 1 vanilla bean

Recipe

• 1 place a fine mesh sieve over a medium bowl; set aside.
• 2 in a meadium saucepan (off heat), whisk together sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, and salt. gradually whisk in milk ( 1 tablespoon at a time to start) until smooth. split vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out seeds with the tip of a paring knife: add seeds and pod to milk mixture.
• 3 cook over medium-high whisking occasionally, until the first bubbles appear on surface: continue to cook, whisking constantly, for 1 minute more. pour pudding through prepared sieve into bowl; discard solids.
• 4 place plastic wrap directly on entire surface of pudding to keep skin from forming. refrigerate until cold, at least 2 hours and up to 3 days. to serve, whisk just until smooth, and spoon into individual serving dishes.