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What is a British Pudding
Most people living within the British Isles would I expect know the answer to this question. Also too places in world where early immigration has established traditions that evince themselves both in the kitchen and language usage. Any sweet dish served directly after the main course is often called - Pudding - thus invoking the question "What are we having for pudding?".Sweet puddings can be referred to as Deserts. Cooking techniques include: Boiling. Baking. Steaming. There are also some pudding where cold preparation is used.There is no definitive definition a what constitutes a British Pudding. Their history is long and complex, their diversity wide ranging.
Most people living within the British Isles would I expect know the answer to this question. Also too places in world where early immigration has established traditions that evince themselves both in the kitchen and language usage. Any sweet dish served directly after the main course is often called - Pudding - thus invoking the question "What are we having for pudding?".Sweet puddings can be referred to as Deserts. Cooking techniques include: Boiling. Baking. Steaming. There are also some pudding where cold preparation is used.There is no definitive definition a what constitutes a British Pudding. Their history is long and complex, their diversity wide ranging.
British puddings have a long and honourable history. Dishes that suggest the homely and comforting. Winter days when puddings such as spotted dick or baked crumbles served with sublime custard, or thick chilled cream, evoke both memories and anticipation. Warm summer days and the sweet and melting taste of Summer Pudding. The taste of Savoury Puddings too are much loved and not forgotten. Great British Puddings presents pudding recipes, some familiar, others less familiar. We do hope that you find them both useful and interesting.If you have a special recipe of your own please send it and we will publish it for you. Comments about individual recipes are also very welcome.
Pudding of the Day
Bread & Butter Pudding A pudding recipe which appears in English cookery books from the early eighteenth century. Slices of buttered bread are piled in a dish with sultanas between them and are then soaked in milk and eggs before being baked, the top slices turning brown and crisp in the oven. Serves 4 -6IngredientsSlices of Bread & Butter100g of Currants or Sultanas50g of Sugar900ml of Milk3 EggsGrated Nutmeg Method Pre-heat the oven to gas 2, 150 centigrade. Line a deep pie dish or casserole with the thickly buttered slices of bread. Sprinkle over some of the currants or sultanas and add a further ... Read more |
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