St. Clare Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 oz. butter
• 1 oz. flour
• pt. milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 table-sp. sugar
• A pinch of salt
• 2 table-sps. macaroon or cake crumbs
• 2 table-sps. jam
• Some pastry

Method

1. 1

   Line a 1.5-pint pie dish with pastry, then prepare the mixture.

2. 2

   Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour and mix it in smoothly.

3. 3

   Pour in the milk, stir until boiling, and cook for four or five minutes.

4. 4

   Remove from the fire, add one tablespoonful sugar, a pinch of salt, a little flavouring, and the yolks of eggs.

5. 5

   Beat well together.

6. 6

   Put the jam into the prepared pie dish, sprinkle the crumbs on top, pour over the mixture from the saucepan, and bake in a moderate oven until well risen and set.

7. 7

   Make a meringue with the whites of eggs and sugar, pile it on top of the pudding and return to a cool oven until delicately browned.

8. 8

   Sprinkle with sugar and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 669. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

St. Clare Pudding 1 oz. butter. 1 oz. flour. \ pt. milk. 2 eggs. A pinch of salt. 1 table-sp. sugar. Flavouring. 2 table-sps. macaroon or cake crumbs. 2 table-sps. jam. Some pastry

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