1393. PUDDING, A LA VIENNOISE.

The modern cook · Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1846
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Ingredients (14)
Instructions (9)
  1. Put the brioche, almonds, rind of lemon (rubbed on sugar), and the sultana into a large basin.
  2. Pour the Madeira to this, and when it has been absorbed by the brioche, &c., pour as much of the burnt-sugar custard on it as will suffice to complete the quantity required to fill the mould.
  3. Spread the inside of the mould with butter.
  4. Decorate it with candied orange-peel.
  5. Fill it with the above preparation.
  6. Steam the pudding for about an hour and a half.
  7. When done, turn out on its dish.
  8. Pour some custard or arrow-root-sauce over it.
  9. Send to table.
Original Text
1393. PUDDING, A LA VIENNOISE. INGREDIENTS required:—Twelve ounces of brioche, or crumb of bread cut up into small dice, two glasses of Madeira, the rind of two lemons, two ounces of sweet and half an ounce of bitter almonds pounded, six ounces of sultana raisins, a burnt-sugar custard made with eight yolks of eggs, a pint of cream, two ounces of burnt-sugar, and sweetened with six ounces of loaf-sugar. Put the brioche, almonds, rind of lemon (rubbed on sugar), and the sultana into a large basin; pour the Madeira to this, and when it has been absorbed by the brioche, &c., pour as much of the burnt-sugar custard on it as will suffice to complete the quantity required to fill the mould. Then spread the inside of the mould with butter, decorate it with candied orange-peel, and fill it with the above preparation. This pudding must be steamed for about an hour and a half, and when done, turned out on its dish, some custard or arrow-root-sauce poured over it, and sent to table.
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