Indian Pudding
- Butter, for the baking dish
- 4 cups/ 960 milliliters whole milk
- 1 cup/130 grams fine-ground yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup/ 120 milliliters molasses
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup/ 100 grams sugar
- 1/2 cup/ 80 grams raisins
- 1 teaspoon/ 5 milliliters vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon/ 1 gram ground ginger
- Whipped cream or ice cream, for serving
- Heat oven to 350 degrees and butter a 2-quart baking dish.
- In a large pot, warm milk over medium-high heat until hot but not boiling.
- Whisk in cornmeal and molasses and cook, whisking, 2 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium-low.
- Crack eggs into a medium bowl and lightly beat.
- Very slowly add 1/2 cup of the hot cornmeal mixture to the eggs, whisking constantly.
- Pour tempered egg mixture into the pot, whisking constantly to keep eggs from scrambling, and cook 3 minutes.
- Remove pot from heat.
- Stir in sugar, raisins, vanilla and ginger.
- Pour mixture into prepared pan, then place in a larger baking dish or roasting pan.
- Transfer to oven and carefully pour water into the larger dish until it comes about halfway up the sides of the smaller baking dish.
- Bake until pudding is set, but still jiggles slightly in the center, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Serve warm, topped with whipped cream or ice cream.
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Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016896 (may not work)