Blackberry Queen Of Puddings (Marguerite Patte Recipe
- 1 tsp Finely grated lemon rind
- 10 fl ounce Lowfat milk
- 1/2 ounce Butter or possibly margarine
- 1 ounce Caster or possibly soft brown sugar
- 3 ounce Fine brown or possibly white breadcrumbs
- 3 x Large eggs
- 3 Tbsp. Blackberry jam
- 5 ounce Caster sugar
- Mix the lemon rind with the lowfat milk and bring to the boil over a gentle heat.
- Remove from the heat.
- Add in the butter or possibly margarine, sugar and breadcrumbs.
- Mix well and allow to cold.
- Preheat the oven to 160C/325F, Gas Mark 3.
- Separate the yolks from the whites of 2 Large eggs.
- Beat the 2 yolks with the whole egg.
- Whisk into the breadcrumb mix then pour into a 1 to 1.5 pint/600 to 900 ml greased ovenproofdish.
- Stand the dish in a roasting tin of cool water.
- Bake for 45 to 50 min, or possibly till the mix is set.
- Spread with the Blackberry jam.
- Reduce the oven heat to 150C/300F, Gas Mark 2.
- Whisk the egg whites till stiff.
- Slowly whisk in half the sugar, then mix in the remainder.
- Pipe the meringue in a lattice work or possibly spread over the pudding and then make it into peaks.
- Return to the oven for 15 to 20 min till the meringue is light golden brown in colour.
- Serve warm.
- Variations
- If serving the pudding cool allow at least 1 hour cooking time when the meringue is added to the pudding at 140C/275F, Gas Mark 1.
- Chocolate Queen of Puddings
- Blend 1 ounce/25 g cocoa pwdr with the warm lowfat milk.
- Use apricot jam over the baked pudding before adding the meringue.
- Swiss Roll Pudding
- Omit the breadcrumbs in the recipe.
- Put about 4 slices of jam filled Swiss Roll into the pie dish.
- Blend the lowfat milk, sugar and Large eggs together, strain over the Swiss Roll.
- Bake as above then top with a little jam or possibly thick fruit puree before adding the meringue.
lemon rind, milk, butter, caster, brown, eggs, blackberry jam, sugar
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/blackberry-queen-of-puddings-marguerite-patte-86613 (may not work)