No. 1530 — Scalded Orange-Peel Pudding
English historical translation of Molokhovets recipe No. 1530 from the 1901 Russian cookbook, retaining original methods and measures.
Stir two thirds of a glass of potato flour with a quarter Russian pound of butter and two glasses of warm milk over heat until boiling and thick.
Cool and beat in six yolks one at a time. Add sugar rubbed over the zest of one and a half oranges.
Stir in chopped almonds and a quarter glass finely chopped orange peel, followed by six whipped whites.
Transfer to a buttered mould sprinkled with coarsely crushed sugar and bake for about twenty minutes or steam for one hour.
Turn out, scatter with orange-zest-scented sugar and serve with sabayon, syrup or rum sauce No. 494.
To provide
⅔ glass potato flour 2 glasses milk and ¼ Russian pound butter 6 eggs, ½ glass sugar, About ¼ Russian pound sugar | ½ glass sweet almonds ¼ glass orange peel Zest of 2 oranges Sauce separately |