No. 1506 — Scalded Custard Pudding
English historical translation of Molokhovets recipe No. 1506 from the 1901 Russian cookbook, retaining original methods and measures.
Mix one and a half spoonfuls of butter with one glass of flour, dilute with two glasses of milk, and boil with stirring until thickened.
Cool and add sugar, lemon zest or cardamom, six egg yolks and six or seven whipped whites.
Mix and place in a mould buttered with half a spoonful of butter and sprinkled with sugar.
Bake for an hour or steam for about two hours according to the original.
Pour over syrup, milk or chocolate sauce, cranberry, cherry, raspberry, strawberry or another fruit sauce; see No. 482 and the following recipes.
To provide
1 glass flour and 2 glasses cream or milk ½ glass sugar Lemon or orange zest | Or 4–5 cardamom seeds 6–7 eggs and ¼ Russian pound butter 2–3 sugar lumps |