Asparagus Pudding From The U. S. V. I.

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 (12 1/2 ounce) can asparagus tips (reserve 1/2 cup asparagus juice from can)

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and flour, then heat over a low flame, stirring constantly for about five minutes.
• 2 combine milk and asparagus juice and add to flour-butter mixture.
• 3 stir vigorously and add salt; remove from flame.
• 4 add eggs one at a time, stirring after each addition.
• 5 line a greased mold with the asparagus tips and fill halfway with pudding mixture (pudding will double in size while cooking, so don't fill the mold).
• 6 cover mold with wax paper and aluminum foil and set in a water bath (a larger pan filled halfway with water).
• 7 keep the water bath at a boil to steam the pudding (about 45 minutes).