Gluten Free Queen of Puddings
Serves Four
Ingredients
75g/3oz gluten free breadcrumbs
400ml milk
25g/1oz butter
2 x eggs
75g/3oz caster sugar
A little butter for greasing
30ml (two tablespoons) red jam
Method
- Warm the milk with the butter (approx 65 degrees). Don’t let it boil!
- Separate the egss and stir 25g/1oz sugar into the egg yolks.
- Pour the warm milk over the yolks and stir well.
- Add the bread crumbs and mix well.
- Pour this custard mixture into a greased pie dish and leave it to stand for 30 mins or so.
- Then bake it in a warm over 160 degrees c/gas 3 for 40-45 minutes until the pudding is slightly set
- Remove from the oven and reduce the oven temperature to 120 degrees c/gas ½.
- Warm the jam and place in a circle in the middle of the pudding
- Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Add half the remaining sugar and whisk again. Fold in almost all the remaining sugar and whisk again.
- Spoon this outside the jam around the end of the dish. This piled up meringue is the queen’s crown and the jam is the rubies in the centre!
- Sprinkle the egg white with the remaining sugar
- Pop it back in the oven for 40-45 mins on the very low heat until the meringue is set and slightly browned.

