Both in Austrian cuisine and worldwide, the vanilla sauce is a crowd-pleasing side dish, often used to garnish delicious desserts. It is quick and easy to make and can be prepared for adults (with rum) and little foodies (without rum).
Add half of the milk and sugar to a small saucepan and bring it to a boil.
2 ⅛ cups Milk, ½ cup Sugar, 2 Egg yolk
While boiling half of the milk with the sugar in a saucepan, mix the second half of the milk with the vanilla pudding powder and the egg yolks.
2 ⅛ cups Milk, 2 ½ tbsp Vanilla pudding powder
Once the milk-sugar mixture boils, pour in the custard mixture. While constantly stirring with a whisk, bring the whole mixture to a boil again over low heat.
Turn off the heat and remove the pot from the hot plate. Keep stirring with the whisk until a thick mixture is formed.
You're ready to go if you don't want to add rum. Otherwise, add rum to taste. Stir twice and pour into a carafe to serve.