Mrs. Pike’s Cheese Pudding

Ingredients

• lb. stale bread-crumbs
• 4 ozs. grated cheese
• pepper to taste
• salt to taste
• a little cayenne pepper
• a piece of butter the size of half a walnut
• 1 egg
• a little warm milk

Method

1. 1

   Combine cheese, bread-crumbs, and seasoning in a dish.

2. 2

   Beat yolk of egg with warm milk and pour over.

3. 3

   Beat egg white to froth and pour on top, mixing lightly.

4. 4

   Bake for a quarter of an hour in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mrs. Pike’s Cheese Pudding. — I think all cheese puddings are liked. This recipe will be found especially light and good, and makes a nice savoury. Ingredients — lb. stale bread-crumbs, 4 ozs. grated cheese, pepper and salt to taste, a little cayenne pepper, a piece of butter the size of half a walnut, i egg, and a little warm milk

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