Bakewell Pudding (I)

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb puff-paste
• 5 eggs
• 6 oz sugar
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 oz almonds
• jam

Instructions

1. Cover a dish with thin paste, and put over this a layer of any kind of jam, 1/2 inch thick;
2. put the yolks of 5 eggs into a basin with the white of 1, and beat these well;
3. add the sifted sugar, the butter, which should be melted, and the almonds, which should be well pounded;
4. beat all together until well mixed, then pour it into the dish over the jam, and bake for an hour in a moderate oven.