Queen Pudding
Ingredients
- 2 TBs bread crumbs
- 1/2 lemon rind, grated
- 1/2 ounce butter
- 3 ounce castor sugar
- 1/4 pint milk
- 1 egg, separated
- a little red jam (raspberry, plum, strawberry)
Instructions
Put bread crumbs, lemon rind, butter and half the sugar into bowl. Bring milk to boil over med heat, pour over contents of bowl and leave to soak for 10 minutes. Add egg yolk lightly beaten and pour in buttered 1/2 to 1 pint baking dish. Place in moderate oven 350 F or gas mark 4. Bake 20-25 minutes or until center tests done. Remove from oven. Spread with jam. Whisk egg white till stiff and add half remaining sugar. Whisk again with a metal spoon and fold in rest of sugar. Spoon over pudding, and place in hot oven 400 F gas mark 6 for 3 to 5 minutes or until golden.