Today is National Indian Pudding Day and, curious cat that I am, I just had to find out what Indian Pudding is. What Indian Pudding IS NOT is Native American cuisine. However, it
DID get its name from a common Native American ingredient – cornmeal. Indian Pudding is a British-style baked pudding served hot or warm and is a classic NEW ENGLAND dessert. (I MUST ask my SIL about this!) It is made primarily of cornmeal, milk, molasses & spices.

The Foodie in me couldn’t stop there though. I HAD to try to find a recipe! SUCCESS! I found one! And it actually looks pretty good! I do believe I would like to try it! Here it is:

INDIAN PUDDING

2 1/2 tbs unsalted butter
3 cups milk
5 tbs yellow cornmeal
1/3 cup molasses
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup cold milk
vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, half and half, OR heavy cream, for topping

preheat oven to 300°.

grease a 1 1/2 qt souffle dish or baking dish with 1 tbs of the butter. set aside.

heat 3 cups of milk in a saucepan until it is close to boiling. add the cornmeal & reduce heat to low. stir until the mixture thickens (about 5 minutes).

remove from the heat & add the remaining butter, the molasses, maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger, salt & egg. pour into the buttered dish.

place in the preheated oven & bake for 30 minutes.

pour the cold milk over the pudding & return to the oven. bake for an additional 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes until the top is brown & crisp. serve hot or warm with topping of choice.

serves 6-8

NOTE: REHEAT LEFTOVERS BEFORE SERVING

So there ya have it. Now you can impress your friends with your knowledge of Indian Pudding! LOL! If any of you DO try this recipe, I would LOVE to hear about it! Have a great day my beautiful friends! Love and Best Dishes from my nest to yours…