Crow's Nest Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 tart green apples, peeled and cored
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 egg whites
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon maple extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 egg
• 1 cup water
• 2 teaspoons margarine or 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 8 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 2 butter a 2 quart baking dish.
• 3 place apples in prepared dish.
• 4 stuff the core of each apple with brown sugar, pressing down slightly.
• 5 reserve any remaining sugar.
• 6 sprinkle all the apples with the 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.
• 7 place dish in preheated oven to start baking while the batter is prepared.
• 8 beat egg whites until stiff.
• 9 in a separate bowl, beat yolks until they change color.
• 10 stir milk and maple flavoring into beaten yolks.
• 11 in a third bowl, combine flour, cream of tartar, baking powder, salt and any remaining brown sugar until well mixed.
• 12 pour flour mixture all at once into egg yolk mixture and stir until smooth.
• 13 fold beaten egg whites into yolk batter.
• 14 remove apples from oven and pour batter evenly over and around apples.
• 15 bake in preheated oven 45 to 60 minutes more, until crust has browned.
• 16 turn each apple, surrounded by some fluffy crust onto a plate and serve at once with lemon sauce or sweetened cream with a dash of nutmeg.
• 17 to make lemon sauce:combine cornstarch, water, lemon peel and lemon juice in a small heavy saucepan.
• 18 beat in egg.
• 19 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened and clear.
• 20 stir in margarine and sugar.