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