Cardamom Almond Pudding

Ingredients

• 2.5 oz butter
• 0.25 cup rich milk
• 1.5 oz flour
• 0.5 cup milk
• 1 oz sugar
• 1 oz almonds, blanched and pounded fine
• 12 cardamom seeds
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 0.5 tsp almond extract
• fine bread crumbs, for greasing mold

Method

1. 1 Melt butter in 0.25 cup milk over heat. Stir in flour mixed with 0.5 cup milk to form a smooth paste; cook until it leaves the pan sides.
2. 2 Remove from heat. When cool, stir in sugar, pounded almonds, cardamom seeds, eggs, and almond extract until well combined.
3. 3 Pour into a buttered pudding mold dusted with bread crumbs. Cover and place in a pan of boiling water in a 350°F oven.
4. 4 Bake for 30-35 minutes. Turn out onto a plate and serve immediately with fruit or wine sauce.