Indian Pudding Marks Recipes

Steps:

• Pour 4 cups hot milk into the top of a double boiler and place over simmering water. Slowly stir cornmeal into milk and cook until thickened, about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart round baking dish.
• Whisk maple syrup, brown sugar, molasses, eggs, melted butter, salt, ginger, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Stir maple syrup mixture into cornmeal-milk mixture until thoroughly combined; pour into prepared baking dish. Pour 1/2 cup cold milk over top of pudding.
• Bake until set but still slightly quivery on top, about 2 hours. Let stand 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Butter a 2 quart casserole. In a saucepan, combine 3 cups of milk and the maple syrup over medium heat. Heat until just boiling and add butter. In separate bowl, combine cornmeal, ginger and allspice. Gradually stir cornmeal mixture into hot milk. Reduce heat to low and cook until thickened. Fold in cranberries or cherries. Spoon mixture into casserole and pour remaining milk over top of pudding...DO NOT STIR...bake for 2 1/2 hours or until milk has been absorbed and top is golden brown. Serve warm with a coulis of blackberry, cranberry or apricot and a dollop of honey-sweetened whipped cream.;

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 9 x 5 x 3 inch Pyrex loaf pan.
• Combine the milk and cornmeal in a medium stainless or enamel saucepan. Cook over moderate heat, whisking constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low and continue stirring until it is as thick as oatmeal.
• Add the sugar, brown sugar, molasses, salt, butter, cloves and 2 cups of the half and half. Stir to combine. Bring the mixture back to a boil and transfer to the prepared loaf pan.
• Place inside a larger pan and pour in boiling water until it rises halfway up the sides of the loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour, stirring once after the first half hour.
• Press the grated ginger against a fine sieve or squeeze it in a square of cheesecloth to extract 1 or 2 tablespoons of juice. After the pudding has baked for 1 hour, add the ginger juice and the remaining cup of half and half and stir to mix. Bake for an additional hour, stirring again after half an hour. Serve immediately in small bowls or cups, or store in the refrigerator and reheat, stirring, over low heat.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees. In a medium saucepan, combine half-and-half, molasses, butter, ginger, cinnamon, and salt. Bring to a boil; remove from heat, and whisk in cornmeal.
• Pour mixture into an 8-inch square baking dish, and bake until pudding is firm but still jiggles slightly in the center when gently shaken, 2 to 21/2 hours. Let cool 30 to 60 minutes; serve warm or at room temperature, with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.

Steps:

• Using a non stick (or heavy bottomed) sauce pan add milk and heat on medium heat until nearly bubbling at the edges and steaming.
• Slowly whisk in the meal and whisk slowly until the meal is suspended in the milk, meaning none hanging out at the bottom of the pot. Continue whisking off and on until it reaches a medium thick hot cereal consistency. Again you *can* walk away and whisk every 5 minutes or so.
• Turn stove to low heat and continue to whisk off and on while it thickens. No need to be afraid. I have left it unattended for over 10 minutes and it will not scorch, lump or stick.
• When it reaches 'thick hot cereal' stage, stir in remaining ingredients. I usually whisk. Mix well to combine evenly.
• Leave pudding on low, stirring/whisking occasionally until thickened a bit more; 10-15 minutes approximately.
• Turn off heat and let the pan sit until it has cooled down half way, then cover with the lid and let it 'set.' Times will vary with setting. Last night it was 15 minutes or so and in 2 hours I could upturn the pan. Refrigerate and reheat gently; I use the microwave for individual servings.
• I used the high end of the cook time and will depend on your corn meal, heat of stove, etc -- I have seen many recipes making this pudding appear scary; stand at stove and never stop whisking the entire time. Fiddley sticks!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225 degrees (see note).
• In saucepan scald milk. Add the corn meal and water and cook for 3 minutes, or until thickened. Add remaining ingredients.
• Place in 2-quart baking dish and bake for 2 hours. If desired, serve with hard sauce.

Steps:

• Scald milk in top half of a double boiler. Whisk in sugar, molasses and cornmeal and cook, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens, about 20 minutes.
• Melt butter and set aside to cool slightly. Beat eggs, then beat in spices. When butter is cool enough to add to eggs without cooking them, beat butter in until you have a homogeneous mixture.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch round ovenproof ceramic or glass souffle dish. Add cornmeal mixture to eggs, bit by bit, until the two are thoroughly incorporated.
• Pour into the souffle dish and place in oven. Bake 35 minutes or until pudding is set.
• Serve pudding immediately, or at room temperature, garnished if desired with vanilla ice cream or with cinnamon-flavored whipped cream.

Steps:

• Put the scalded milk and corn meal in the top of a double boiler over boiling water. Add the salt and cook, stirring frequently for about 20 minutes. Mix with the molasses and ginger and pour into a buttered 2-quart soufflè dish or baking dish. Bake in a 300°F. oven for about 2 hours. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.