Diplomat Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Scald the milk with half of the sugar (1/4 cup) in a 2-quart sauce pot. Remove from heat.
• In a stainless-steel bowl, whisk the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, with yolks, cornstarch and salt until thick and creamy and pale yellow. Whisk the hot milk into the yolk mixture and return the sauce pot to the stove and whisk constantly over medium-high heat until it bubbles and thickens, 60 to 90 seconds.
• Remove from heat, pour contents back into the bowl and stir in the vanilla extract. Set bowl over ice bath, and let cool a couple minutes but whisk in the cold butter while the mixture is still warm. When the pastry cream has cooled completely, stir in two tablespoons of cold heavy cream to loosen a bit. Keep chilled over ice bath.
• Sprinkle gelatin over the tap water evenly to soften. Break up any clumps, then microwave for 10 or 15 seconds to dissolve completely.
• Thoroughly whisk dissolved liquidy gelatin into the stiff and cool pastry cream.
• Whip 1/2 cup cold heavy cream to stiff peaks and fold into the chilled pastry cream, blending thoroughly.
• Keep chilled until ready to use.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the crumbled bread with the milk, stir to mix and let stand for 1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. and place a 2 quart baking dish in it to heat up. In a small saucepan over medium high heat, combine 1 cup of the sugar, the butter, and water. Stir together until the mixture begins to bubble and turn a caramel brown color, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the baking dish from the oven and pour the caramel into it, swirling to coat the bottom and up the sides of the dish evenly. Set aside to cool.
• Turn the oven up to 325 degrees F. In another mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar, and the vanilla until well blended. Stir the egg mixture into the bread and milk mixture, then stir in the oranges, almonds, and raisins. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 1/2 hours. Cool slightly and serve warm, or cover with plastic wrap after cool and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 3 hours before serving.

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 350°F.
• HEAT sugar in small, heavy-duty saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes or until dissolved and light brown in color. Quickly pour onto bottom of 9-inch cake pan. Holding pan with potholders and working quickly, swirl melted sugar around bottom and sides to coat. Set aside to cool. Coat bottom with fruit cocktail.
• CRUMBLE bread into a large mixing bowl. Add the evaporated and sweetened condensed milks. Mash with a potato masher or mix in blender until smooth. Add the egg yolks, raisins, almonds, vermouth, flour, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; stir until well blended. Pour the mixture into prepared pan. Place pan in large roasting pan; fill roasting pan with warm water to about halfway up the side of the pan.
• BAKE for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center of pudding comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack for 15 minutes. Invert onto a serving platter. Serve warm or chilled. Garnish each slice with dollop of whipped cream, maraschino cherry and sliced almonds, if desired.