Old Fashioned New England Indian Pudding Recipes

INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
• Scald 3 1/2 cups of milk in top of double boiler over direct heat. Remove milk from heat.
• Mix cornmeal with remaining 1 cup of milk, and stir this mixture into the scalding milk, stirring constantly. Place the milk mixture into the top of the double boiler and cook for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Stir butter, molasses, salt, sugar and cinnamon into the mixture. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours.

JIM BAILEY

Steps:

• 1 Place first 6 ingredients in a medium saucepan and stir well. 2 Place over medium high heat, stirring once or twice to prevent milk from scorching. Once milk mixture is scalding hot, and while constantly stirring with one hand, slowly pour the cornmeal into milk. 3 Once added, reduce temperature to low and constantly stir for 2 minutes. It will thicken substantially. 4 Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla. 5 Transfer to a bowl and serve hot with vanilla ice cream melting over the top or cover and refrigerate until completely cold. 6 Serve as is or with a dab of heavy cream over the top.

NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Gradually stir the corn meal into the hot milk.
• Cook over low heat or in a double boiler over hot water about 15 minutes until thick, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
• Blend together sugar through cinnamon and add to corn meal mixture.
• Stir in molasses and cold milk.
• Fold in raisins if using.
• Bake in a buttered 1-quart casserole at 275°F 2 hours.
• Serve warm topped with whipped cream, garnished with a dash of nutmeg.

OLD FASHIONED NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Scald the milk and butter in a large double boiler. Or heat the milk and butter for 5-6 minutes on high heat in the microwave, until it is boiling, then transfer it to a pot on the stove. Keep hot on medium heat.
• Preheat oven to 250.
• In a separate bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, and salt; stir in molasses. Thin the mixture with about 1/2 cup of scalded milk, a few tablespoons at a time, then gradually add the mixture back to the large pot of scalded milk. Cook, stirring until thickened.
• Temper the eggs by slowly adding a half cup of the hot milk cornmeal mixture to the beaten eggs, whisking constantly.
• Add the egg mixture back in with the hot milk cornmeal mixture, stir to combine.
• Stir in the sugar and spices, until smooth. At this point, if the mixture is clumpy, you can run it through a blender to smooth it out.
• Stir in the raisins (optional).
• Pour into a 2 1/2 quart shallow casserole dish.
• Bake for 2 hours at 250.
• Allow the pudding to cool about an hour to be at its best. It should be reheated to warm temperature if it has been chilled. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk cornbread mix, pudding mix and milk until blended. Add eggs, molasses and spices; whisk until combined. Transfer to a greased 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour., Reduce heat to low. Stir pudding, making sure to scrape sides of slow cooker well. Cover and cook until very thick, 2-1/2 to 3 hours longer, stirring once per hour. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.

OLD-FASHIONED INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Put the scalded milk and corn meal in the top of a double boiler over boiling water. Add the salt and cook, stirring frequently for about 20 minutes. Mix with the molasses and ginger and pour into a buttered 2-quart soufflè dish or baking dish. Bake in a 300°F. oven for about 2 hours. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.