Queen of Puddings

Name: Queen of Puddings
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups fresh white breadcrumbs; 2 cups whole milk; 50g butter; 3 tbsp caster sugar; zest of 1 lemon; 3 egg yolks; 4 tbsp raspberry or strawberry jam; 3 egg whites; 6 tbsp caster sugar for meringue

A layered British dessert, combining a breadcrumb custard base with sweet jam and a billowing meringue topping.

Total time

60 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 1/2 cupsfresh white breadcrumbs

2 cupswhole milk

50gbutter

3 tbspcaster sugar

zest of 1lemon

3egg yolks

4 tbspraspberry or strawberry jam

3egg whites

6 tbspcaster sugar for meringue

Instructions

Heat milk, butter, sugar and lemon zest. Pour over breadcrumbs. Rest 10 minutes. Beat in yolks.

Pour into a baking dish. Bake at 160°C for 25 minutes until set.

Warm jam. Spread gently over custard.

Whisk whites to stiff peaks. Add sugar gradually.

Pile meringue on top. Bake at 190°C for 10-12 minutes.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

256

Protein

8.8g

Fat

17.5g

Carbs

17.1g

Fiber

0.4g

Sodium

100mg

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