Tuesday, September 28, 2021

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

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