Vanilla pod, cut in length and the tip of a knife to scrape the seeds. And seeds and empty pod to put in the milk, bring to the boil and leave to infuse for 30 minutes.

Gelatin pour cold water for swelling.

Egg yolks whipped with sugar and salt until fluffy white mass. Milk again to reheat, but not boil, remove the vanilla pod. If this pod, rinse well and dry, you can put in a jar of sugar for vanilla sugar. It still has a lot of flavor left! A couple of tablespoons of hot milk to add in the yolk mass, stir well. This mass to combine with the remaining milk and put to boil on very low heat, stirring constantly with a whisk. As soon as begins to thicken, remove from heat. In any case not boil!

Gelatin leaves gently squeeze (to get rid of excess water), add to egg-milk mass, and stirring, allow to dissolve.

Strain the pudding through a fine strainer and put to cool in pot of cold water, in my case, just the kitchen sink. It is advisable occasionally to stir.

While the pudding is cooling, whip the chilled cream until soft peaks form. And now the critical moment: the pudding needs to cool to room temperature and start to thicken before it can enter the whipped cream. If the pudding is too warm, then all the cream will settle if too cold, the mass will harden before you have time pour it into molds. To check the temperature and enter the whipped cream into the pudding. Pour into molds, cups, cups, cover with cling film and put in fridge to harden, 2 hours will be enough.

Optional orange salad: oranges wash with hot water, with one orange to remove the zest. Oranges peel and cut the flesh into wedges.

From the remnants of the oranges and squeeze the juice, add 1 tablespoon sugar, zest and cloves. Syrup bring to a boil and cook for 2-3 minutes. Remove cloves, cool slightly, if desired, add a tablespoon of Cointreau or brandy. Pour orange slices with warm syrup and leave to infuse at room temperature.

Serve the cream can or directly in the mould (Cup, Cup) or without, in the latter case, it is necessary to lower the mold for a few seconds in hot water and gently shake the contents of the plate. Well, orange salad with or without him. Bon appetit!