Rich Baked Apple Pudding (I)

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb the pulp of apples
• 1/2 lb loaf sugar
• 6 oz butter
• the rind of 1 lemon
• 6 eggs
• puff-paste

Instructions

1. Peel, core, and cut the apples, as for sauce;
2. put them into a stewpan, with only just sufficient water to prevent them from burning, and let them stew until reduced to a pulp.
3. Weigh the pulp, and to every 1/2 lb. add sifted sugar, grated lemon-rind, and 6 well-beaten eggs.
4. Beat these ingredients well together;
5. then melt the butter, stir it to the other things, put a border of puff-paste round the dish, and bake for rather more than 1/2 hour.
6. The butter should not be added until the pudding is ready for the oven.