Bread Pudding
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- 1 loaf stale bread
- 1 pint milk
- 6 eggs
- 0.5 pound butter
- 0.5 pound sugar
- 0.5 nutmeg
- 1 glass brandy
- lemon peel
- paste
Instructions
- Grate the crumb of a stale loaf and pour boiling milk over it. Let it stand for an hour, then beat it to a pulp. Add the well-beaten eggs, butter, powdered sugar, grated nutmeg, brandy, and grated lemon peel, mixing well. Put a paste in the dish and pour the mixture in. Bake until set.