Iced Pudding

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb sweet almonds
• 2 oz bitter ones
• 3/4 lb sugar
• 8 eggs
• 1-1/2 pint milk

Instructions

1. Blanch and dry the almonds thoroughly in a cloth, then pound them in a mortar until reduced to a smooth paste;
2. add to these the well-beaten eggs, the sugar, and milk;
3. stir these ingredients over the fire until they thicken, but do not allow them to boil;
4. then strain and put the mixture into the freezing-pot; surround it with ice, and freeze it as directed in recipe 1290.
5. When quite frozen, fill an iced-pudding mould, put on the lid, and keep the pudding in ice until required for table;
6. then turn it out on the dish, and garnish it with a _compôte_ of any fruit that may be preferred, pouring a little over the top of the pudding.
7. This pudding may be flavoured with vanilla, Curaçoa, or Maraschino.