Name: Sago: a pearler in puddings
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Caramel sago; 2 tablespoon butter; 600 millilitre milk; 2 eggs; 8 tablespoon brown sugar; pinch of salt; 2 tablespoon sago

Sago: a pearler in puddings

It may be very old-fashioned but I have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t like sago pudding. The white pearls swell and become translucent when cooked like little balls of jelly.

Serves 4

Prep

Cook

30M

Total

35M

Ingredients

Caramel sago

2 tablespoon butter

600 millilitre milk

2 eggs

8 tablespoon brown sugar

pinch of salt

2 tablespoon sago

Method

Caramel sago

1.Place 6 tablespoons of the brown sugar and butter in a pot and melt. Boil for one minute.

2.Stir in milk and sago. Cook until the sago sets (about half an hour).

3.Beat egg yolks and salt and add to mixture. Cook for a minute.

4.Whisk whites and add 2 tablespoons brown sugar. Fold in.

5.Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top.

Sago pudding

6.One cup of sago soaked in 1¼ cups of milk overnight.

7.Add 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of breadcrumbs and 1 cup of raisins, a piece of butter the size of an egg and ½ teaspoon of baking soda.

8.Mix together and steam for 3 hours.

9.Steaming InstructionsTo steam, you will need to put it in a pudding bowl and cover the top with greaseproof paper, leaving a lip which you can tie down around the top with string. Put in a pot of boiling water which comes halfway up the bowl, put on the lid and simmer for three hours.

10.Preparation: 10min. Cooking: 3hrs. Serves: 6

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