Gala Pudding

Ingredients

• a tablespoonfiil of flour
• two of milk
• a cupful of boiling milk
• a tablespoonful of sugar
• a piece of butter the size of a pigeon's egg
• the yolk of an egg
• Line the edge of a pudding dish with good crust
• slices of sponge-cake spread with any kind of good jam
• the whites of two eggs beaten to a froth

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour with milk, pour over boiling milk, add sugar, butter, and egg yolk; simmer until thick.

2. 2

   Line pudding dish with crust, fill with sponge cake and jam, pour custard over, and bake for half an hour.

3. 3

   Top with beaten egg whites, color with cochineal, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Puddings and Pastry à la Mode (1889) by Harriet Anne de Salis, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gala Pudding. Mix a tablespoonfiil of flour smoothly with two of milk ; then pour over it a cupful of boiling milk flavoured with vanilla, add a tablespoonful of sugar, a piece of butter the size of a pigeon's ^^%^ and the yolk of an egg ; simmer and stir till it thickens. Line the edge of a pudding dish with good crust. Fill it with slices of sponge-cake spread with any kind of good jam. Pour the custard over and bake for half an hour in a moderate oven. When the pudding is cooked, lay on it the whites of two eggs beaten to a froth

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