Title: Queen Pudding
Categories: Aussie Dessert
Yield: 1 Servings

1/4	lb	Cake, stale -OR-
1/4	lb	Breadcrumbs -OR-
1	pt	Milk
2		Eggs
1		Lemon, rind of... grated.
2	tb	Sugar
2	tb	Jam
		Essence, lemon -OR-
		Essence, vanilla -OR-
2	tb	Sugar, castor

Rub bread or cake through a wire sieve. Put milk on to boil. When boiling, pour it over the crumbs. Add lemon rind. Separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs, beat the yolks and sugar well then add to the milk and crumbs.

Flavour to taste and pour into a buttered pie dish. Stand the pie dish in a baking dish containing a little cold water. Put in moderate oven until set. Take out and spread with jam.

Whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth. Stir in lightly 2 tablespoons castor sugar and spread over the pudding and put back in the oven until set and a pale fawn colour.

"This was the most wonderful treat I remember from my childhood. I was allowed to beat the egg whites with a knife on a large meat plate. Quite a laborious job!" -MP

A recipe from the POWELL family supplied by Mrs MARGARET POWELL from A TASTE OF THE PAST by THE HUB COMMUNITY CENTRE, ABERFOYLE PARK, SOUTH AUSTRALIA typed by KEVIN JCJD SYMONS

From: Kevin Jcjd Symons Date: 03-11-98 (19:43) Doc's Place Bbs Online. (280) Cooking

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