Onyx Pudding

Ingredients

• 3 bananas.
• I doz. candied cherries.
• I quart milk.
• ^ cupful sugar.
• cupful water.
• 4 tablespoonfuls cornflour.
• A pinch of salt.
• 2 yolks of eggs.
• ^ teaspoonful vanilla essence.

Method

1. 1

   Put sugar and water into a pan to make a syrup.

2. 2

   Choose firm fruit.

3. 3

   Peel and slice the bananas, throw into the syrup and cook 1 minute.

4. 4

   Take out with a drainer spoon and cook the cherries in the syrup till they plump up.

5. 5

   Heat a quart of milk, mix the cornflour with a little cold milk until smooth, add 0.25 cup of sugar and a pinch of salt, and stir into the milk.

6. 6

   Cook slowly, stirring now and then, till of a smooth cream-like consistency, then remove from fire and divide into 3 parts.

7. 7

   Season one part with tablespoonfuls caramel, the second with 0.5 teaspoonful vanilla, and stir into the third a couple of well-whisked yolks of eggs.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The St. Mungo cookery book (1904) by Jean Lambie, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ONYX PUDDING. 3 bananas. I doz. candied cherries. I quart milk. ^ cupful sugar. \ cupful water. 4 tablespoonfuls cornflour. A pinch of salt. 2 yolks of eggs. ^ teaspoonful vanilla essence.

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