Lemon self-saucing pudding

Lemon self-saucing pudding

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Cooking time

Ready in 1 hour

Skill level

Easy

Servings

Serves 4

Zesty lemon and oranges help fill the gap when there's not much homegrown fruit available

Nutrition and extra info

Nutrition info

Nutrition per serving

kcalories
441
protein
9.1g
carbs
68.2g
fat
16.5g
saturates
8.5g
fibre
8.5g
sugar
-
salt
0.43g

Ingredients

  • 50g butter
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 1 lemon, zested
  • 100ml lemon juice (include the zest from the zested lemon)
  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 50g plain flour, sifted
  • 250ml milk
  • icing sugar for dusting

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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160/gas gas 4. Whizz the butter, sugar and lemon zest until they are pale and creamy in a food processor. Add the lemon juice, egg yolks, flour and milk one by one until you have a smooth batter. Whisk the egg whites until firm but not stiff, and fold the two mixtures together.
  2. Pour into a buttered ovenproof soufflé or baking dish and put it in a baking tray half filled with hot water. Bake for 45-50 minutes until the top is lightly browned and set and there is a sort of gooey lemon curd below. Remove the dish from the tray, dust with icing sugar and serve hot, with or without cream.

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2008

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clarecoxy's picture

I don't have a food processor and made this with a whisk and a wooden spoon and it was lovely! Very light and fluffy and very delicious there was none left! :)

michelleross's picture
5

Absolutely delicious and almost foolproof dessert recipe. Really sweet and lemony. Got to make it again soon!

ayaanh's picture
5

This is the most delicious lemon pudding I have ever made. Its not very lemony and I think it needs just a tad more lemon just to give it that kick, the sugar is just right but add a bit more in if you add more lemons. Its such an easy recipe to make.

jacquia1's picture
5

Loved this pudding. At first I thought that there wasn't enough butter for the amount of sugar but it turned out fine and was really appreciated by our dinner guests.

jacquia1's picture
5

Loved this pudding. At first I thought that there wasn't enough butter for the amount of sugar but it turned out fine and was really appreciated by our dinner guests.

desertprincess's picture
4

Okay, so I totally forgot about the water bath thing and just stuck it in the oven...and guess what, it didn't matter..there was still a lovely, thick, gooey lemon curd at the bottom! Added blackberries to the bottom of the dish and it worked well.

Also don't have a food processor so did it all by hand and it was fine. Was worried at the beginning as the sugar and butter wasn't creamy at all but all worked out in the end! Served it with cream. Gave it 4 stars because it was a tad too tangy for my liking despite the horrendous amount of sugar in it! I doubled up the recipe to serve 8 and it was fine.

trad03's picture
2

I was excited about making this but it tasted very egg white-y and not very lemon. Won't be making this again :s

police200's picture

Made this for mother's day. Love lemon so added zest of 2 lemons and juice of 3 which was slightly more than the recipe suggested. Absolutely yum, a hit with everyone!!!! Added to the favourites already.

jenpen81's picture
5

Nice. Used 100g of c.sugar instead of 200g and still I think that I could have put even less sugar. Tangy and refreshing.

tipsy2575's picture

Can I make this in advance and then reheat it? Having friends around for dinner tomorrow so would prefer to have everything ready to go in the oven. Also, will there be enough for 5 people? I do have blueberries and raspberries to serve with it. Thanks.

snicka's picture
5

I don't usually make puddings but this was the easiest thing and went down well after sunday lunch.

persephonemei's picture
5

I made this as an afterthought to a big roast beef lunch, and served with a dollop of thick double cream - very easy to make and very, very popular with my guests. It has now become my 'reserve pudding recipe' and will definitely be making it again.

cocoinlondon's picture
5

Loved this pudding!!

Perfect balance of cake-ness on top and gooey-ness on the bottom!

I was craving for some pudding/cake but didn't want to leave the house to especially buy ingredients for it. And then I found this recipe, everything I already have! And it turned out amazingly well, considering I forgot to add the milk, only mixed it in after I folded the egg whites in ...

jules_milroy's picture
5

A great warming pudding in winter. Tastes delicious, a simple dessert you can make using simple ingredients.

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