Portguese Apple Pudding

Ingredients

• 12 apples
• 1/2 lemon
• 1 cup of sugar
• good paste

Ingredients for Custard Sauce

• 3 egg yolks
• 1 pint of milk
• 2 tablespoons of sugar

Ingredients for Meringue

• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup of sugar

Directions

1. Peel, core, and stew to a pulp 6 tart apples.
2. Press pulp through a colander.
3. Add the grated rind of 1/2 a lemon and 1/4 cup of sugar to sweeten.
4. Pare, quarter, and core 6 more apples.
5. Place the apples in a baking dish.
6. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of sugar over the apples.
7. Put apples in the oven and bake slowly until tender.
8. Line a deep pie plate with good paste and bake until well colored.
9. Pile stewed apples up in a dome shape.
10. Pour baked good paste onto stewed apples.
11. Make meringue by mixing 3 egg whites and 1/4 cup of sugar to a stiff froth.
12. Cover the apples with the meringue.
13. Bake in the oven until brown.
14. Make custard sauce by mixing 3 egg yolks, 1 pint of milk and 2 tablespoons of sugar.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Patricia Mezlini
Louisiana Anthology
September 28, 2021