Chestnut Pudding

Ingredients

• 500 g chestnuts
• 1 pinch salt
• 250 ml milk
• 10 g sugar
• 25 g butter (mantequilla)
• 6 whole egg yolks
• 1 small amount egg whites, beaten to stiff peaks
• 1 to taste vanilla or grated lemon zest

Instructions

1. Boil the chestnuts in salted water until tender. Peel them and pass through a food mill (or mash thoroughly), combining them well with the milk and sugar to form a purée.
2. Cream together the butter and egg yolks. Fold in the beaten egg whites carefully. Add the vanilla or grated lemon zest to taste.
3. Butter a mold, pour in the mixture, and bake in the oven for about thirty minutes until set and golden.