Budyń
Milk pudding
Budyń: Polish vanilla or chocolate milk pudding with fruit syrup
Budyń is the pudding every Polish grandmother can make without a recipe, a soft spoonable milk custard thickened with potato starch or cornflour and set in glasses. Milk bars in Gdynia and Katowice sell it warm in winter and chilled in summer, often with a spoon of raspberry or cherry syrup on top, and children eat it after school. A common mistake is pouring the starch into hot milk without whisking it first in cold milk, which gives lumps. Chef's tip: once it bubbles, keep whisking for one more full minute; undercooked budyń tastes floury and goes thin as it cools.
- Total time
- 13 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the pudding
- 3 cups whole milk
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 4 tbsp potato starch or cornflour
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ oz butter
For a chocolate version
- 2 tbsp cocoa powderopt
To serve
- 4 tbsp raspberry or cherry syrupopt
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Method
0/4 doneStep 1: Whisk 150 ml of the 3 cups whole milk with 4 tbsp potato starch or cornflour, 1 egg yolk and 2 tbsp cocoa powder (for chocolate) until completely smooth.
1 minStep 2: Bring the rest of the milk and 4 tbsp sugar to the boil in a heavy pan over a medium heat.
5 minStep 3: Take the pan off the heat, pour in the starch mixture while whisking, then put it back on the heat and whisk until it thickens and bubbles. Keep whisking for 1 minute more.
3 minStep 4: Whisk in 1 tsp vanilla extract and ⅓ oz butter, pour into glasses and serve warm with 4 tbsp raspberry or cherry syrup, or cover the surface and chill to set.
1 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 210 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 30 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fibre
- 0 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does budyń take?
- About 13 minutes in total: 3 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of whole milk?
- Semi-skimmed milk with 1 tbsp cream per 240ml (1 cup).
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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