Monday, March 18, 2013

THE KING OF PUDDINGS

This is a Jamie Oliver .recipe so its simple and so yummy. I had everything in the cupboard to make it so why not.  Usually there is one thing missing, not this time. 
Very simple and very easy to follow.

Beaten egg whites
Beaten egg whites (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The King of Puddings Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 4 free-range eggs
  • 565 ml milk
  • 115 g fine breadcrumbs
  • 225 g sugar, preferably vanilla sugar
  • 4 level tablespoons jam , raspberry / black current what ever you have.

Method

Preheat the oven to 150ºC/300ºF.
Separate 3 of the eggs.
Put the yolks into a bowl with the remaining whole egg and beat together.
Add the milk, breadcrumbs and 85g of the sugar.
Put the jam on the bottom of a pie dish and spread it evenly.
Pour the custard egg and milk mixture over the jam.
Bake in your preheated oven for 1 hour or until set.

Whisk the remaining 3 egg whites until stiff, then slowly add the remaining sugar until it is all mixed in. Pile it on top of the custard, then bake in the oven for a further 15–20 minutes until the meringue is set and lightly browned.
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