Hello there ...
well ... what a cold and miserable day ...
the sort of day you need a good pudding...
What nicer than a syrup sponge pudding and a dollop of custard.
A friend had kindly given us some duck eggs ... now I can't eat them as eggs ... as it were .. you know what i mean... fried .. scrambled etc .. somehow they don't agree with my tummy.
Gran use to say they were too 'strong'...?
But they are ideal for baking with.
So today when we got home ... after we had stood working all morning at the car boot sale .... I put a pheasant casserole in the oven ... and scoured the cupboards for the making of a nice sponge pudding.
I just used a single duck egg and its weight in butter.. sugar.. and
S R flour. Trying to use up oddments from the cupboard I used some soft brown sugar ... very sticky.
I simply greased a pudding bowl .. put a good spoonful of syrup in the bottom and the sponge mixture on top ..
it joined the pheasant in the oven.
As you can see .. the pudding looks a bit sorry for itself ... drooping in the middle .. something has gone a bit awry..
But turned out with a dollop of custard ....
It will taste just fine.
And it did ... it was delightfully soft sweet and sticky
As the wind ... yet again... whistled around the cottage ..
and the rain lashed the windows ...
we sat around a nice warm fire .. well i did ...
Hubby P sat catching up with the news online ....
and tucked into a nice warming pudding.
Lovely ...
I have some duck eggs to use up .. any ideas?
xx
