Baked Almond Pudding

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb almonds
• 4 bitter ditto
• 1 glass sherry
• 4 eggs
• the rind and juice of 1/2 lemon
• 3 oz butter
• 1 pint cream
• 2 tablespoonful sugar

Instructions

1. Blanch and pound the almonds to a smooth paste with the water;
2. mix these with the butter, which should be melted;
3. beat up the eggs, grate the lemon-rind, and strain the juice;
4. add these, with the cream, sugar, and wine, to the other ingredients, and stir them well together.
5. When well mixed, put it into a pie-dish lined with puff-paste, and bake for 1/2 hour.