Little Citrus Puddings RECIPE

Welcome to a weekend of rain and low clouds my dears,

Seeing as we cannot go outside to our gardens, my Lady and I came up with the idea of a Lemon Pudding, you have the options of one large pudding or five small puddings.

Lady Elizabeth and Lady Caroline got musing together and feel if you make this pudding, why not enter it in the FETE as one of your recipe entries.

From the warmth of her kitchen,

Mrs Lawson, Comely Hall

That is right Georgettes, you heard correct, if you make this recipe, use the photos and enter it into the puddings category in this years fete. One entry complete with little effort.

For this swap therefore we will only have one partner to share our pudding photographs, and relate how we went with the cooking. Did it taste as anticipated, did it need anything else? As always, remember this is a two hundred plus years old recipe, and we often get surprised. Our last recipe cook off was so delicious it was worth bottling. Please join us in trying our hand at a new pudding recipe.

LITTLE CITRUS PUDDINGS RECIPE

First make your sweet citrus rind by boiling the thin skin of two oranges or lemons ... to do this peel the citrus fruit, remove all the white pith with a sharp knife and discard, and cut the orange skin or lemon skins, into fine lengths of parings. Immerse in a small pot on the stove, in just the amount of water to cover them and a table spoon of sugar. Boil the liquid until it is bubbling profusely and keep an eye on the rind. Test occasionally the taste of the rind... is it sweet? if not add a little more sugar. It will become translucent...then you know it is done. Remove the rind with a slotted spoon. You need approximately 2 ounces for this recipe. .... Continue the recipe as follows...

Take half a pint of cream, one spoonful of fine flour, two ounces of sugar, a little nutmeg, mix them all well together, with the yolks of three eggs, put it in tea cups, add the citrus skin cut very thin, bake them in a fairly quick oven and turn them out on a china dish. (advice from the author of the recipe, for a banquet table - Five is enough for a side dish. )

We hope you will enjoy this recipe (there is a link below to use lemon curd if you prefer that) and as always any queries do contact us. Jane, Anna and Nickalli.

Nigella Lawsons similar recipe using lemon curd is here