Broken-Glass Pudding
- 1/4 teaspoon unsalted butter
- 23 cup, plus 2 tablespoons, sugar
- 2 eggs, plus 2 egg yolks
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 pints fresh strawberries, raspberries or blackberries
- Adjust oven rack to middle shelf and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly butter a small baking pan and set aside.
- Dissolve two-thirds of a cup of sugar with one cup water and heat in a heavy saucepan over medium heat.
- When the sugar begins to turn golden, rotate the pan to even the color.
- When the color is a rich amber, pour half the caramel into a one-quart souffle dish and the remainder on the buttered baking pan.
- Rotate the souffle dish to coat the bottom and even the sugar on the baking pan to coat as much as possible.
- Set aside to cool.
- Whisk the eggs and yolks in a large mixing bowl until creamy and set aside.
- In a saucepan, heat the milk and a half cup of heavy cream with the remaining two tablespoons of sugar.
- When the mixture begins to simmer, remove from the heat and slowly whisk into the egg mixture.
- Add the vanilla and strain the mixture into the souffle dish.
- Place the souffle dish in a roasting pan and set on the oven rack.
- Add boiling water into the roasting pan until it reaches halfway up the side.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until a sharp paring knife inserted into the center of the pudding comes out clean.
- Cool and refrigerate.
- Pull the remaining cooled caramel from the baking pan and crack into random inch-size pieces.
- Place the pieces in a tightly sealed container and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- When ready to serve, whip the remaining cream and set aside.
- Sprinkle half the broken caramel over the pudding.
- Spread the whipped cream over the pudding and cover with the remaining ''glass.''
- Serve with fresh berries.
unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, milk, heavy cream, vanilla, fresh strawberries
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7169 (may not work)