Basic Pudding & Swirl Pudding

King’s Pudding

INGREDIENTS

• 2 C milk or Half and Half
• 1/4 C corn starch
• 1 egg +  3 egg yolks
• 1 tsp real vanilla
• 1/2 C condensed milk
  OR: 1/2 C more milk plus 1/2 C sugar

(Use egg whites to make meringue topping)

STEP BY STEP

1. Warm milk in microwave until it is warm to the touch, but not hot.
2. Mix in all other ingredients
3. Cook in double boiler (glass bowl) until thickened – Stir constantly

Garth’s Chocolate Swirl

• 3 C whole milk
  – Start to bring up to a simmer
  – meanwhile combine . . .
• 1/4 C milk
• 1/4 C corn starch
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 4 egg yolks (save whites)
• 3/4 C sugar
• pinch of salt

1. As mentioned before, start to bring milk up to the merest simmer over medium low heat
2. Combine all other ingredients in a mixing bowl
3. As soon as you see whisps of steam coming from the top of the milk, temper the simmering milk into the egg mixture.

   Tempering means that you want to pour half of the hot liquid SLOWLY into the cold egg mixture while whisking continually.  If you don’t whisk, or if you pour too quickly, you will end up with scrambled eggs in your pudding.

4. Once combined, return to the heat and continue heating until the pudding starts to thicken.
5. Meanwhile, put 2 TBL butter into a small bowl.
6. Once it begins to thicken, pour half in with the butter.
7. Add 1 TBL cocoa to the pan and stir both to combine.
8. Let cool about three minutes, then pour into 2-4 ramekins – pouring half chocolate and half vanilla
9. Let cool 20 minutes before serving

Optional Treatment

• Add 2-3 TBL cocoa at Step 2 above
• Prepare a crust before starting the entire recipe
  •  4 graham crackers – crushed, 1/2 stick butter
• Pour pudding over bananas and vanilla wafers – refrigerate
• Topping – Whip in very cold glass bowl
  •  1/2 C cold heavy cream, 1/4 C powdered sugar
• Break and roast vanilla wafers @ 325º for 20-25 minutes – toss with 2 T sugar, 2 T brown sugar, 2 T melted butter, 1 tsp salt
• Make a Trifle with layered ingredients :: Wafers, banana jam, cream, wafers, banana, cream, wafers, caramel topping
• Another trifle layer :: banana jam :: 2 bananas, sugar, lemon and pectin