Lemon Surprise Pudding Mary Berry Food

LEMON SELF-SAUCING PUDDING (LEMON SURPRISE PUDDING)

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Whizz the butter, sugar and lemon zest until they are pale and creamy in a food processor. Add the lemon juice, yolks, flour, milk and vanilla one by one until you have a smooth batter. Whisk the egg whites until firm but not stiff, and fold the mixtures together.
• Pour into a buttered ovenproof soufflé or baking dish and put it in a baking tray half filled with hot water. Bake for 45-50 minutes until the top is lightly browned and set and there is a gooey lemon curd below. Serve hot with or without cream.

EASY LEMON SELF SAUCING PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Grease a 4 to 6 cup casserole dish (deep sides).
• Batter Base - sift flour and a pinch of salt together and then add sugar and grated lemon rind, mixing well together.
• Stir in melted butter , vanilla and milk mix and stir until all flour mix is incorporated.
• Pour into prepared casserole dish.
• Sauce - Sprinkle the mixture with the sugar and lemon rind.
• Combine the boiling water and lemon juice and carefully spoon some of over the batter and sugar topping, until fully covered and then pour the rest of the mix over the back of the spoon.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes and let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before serving (very important to allow the sauce to thicken or otherwise will have runny liquid).
• Serve with cream and or icecream.

MAGIC LEMON PUDDING

Steps:

• Place the Flour, butter, 100g of sugar, lemon rind and the 2 eggs in a bowl or mixer.
• Mix or hand whisk together, add a little milk if needed, to make a soft dropping consistency. Place in a greased dish.
• Put the juice of a lemon in to a jug and make up to 200ml with boiling water add the sugar and corn flour.
• Now this is the magic part. Gently pour ON TOP of the pudding mixture in the dish.
• Bake for 25 - 35 mins depending on how deep the dish is on Gas mark 5.It will now be golden and firm on the top and the sauce will be on the bottom.
• Serve with Yoghurt or Cream. Enjoy!

LUSCIOUS LEMON PUDDING WITH SUMMER BERRIES

Steps:

• Butter an ovenproof dish and heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. Carefully weigh out the butter and sugar into a bowl.
• Finely grate the zest from the lemons. For best results, grate, then turn the lemon a little and grate again, so you just take off the yellow skin rather than the pith below. Halve and squeeze the juice from the lemons - you need 100ml, so make up with a splash of water or more juice.
• Separate the eggs (put the whites in a large, clean bowl), being careful not to get any yolk in with them. Whizz the butter, sugar and zest in a food processor until creamy. Add the juice, whizz again; then, with the motor still running, tip in the yolks, flour and milk to form a smooth batter.
• Whisk the egg whites, preferably with an electric hand whisk, until firm but not stiff. Pour in the lemon batter, then gently fold the 2 mixtures together with a large metal spoon, being light-handed so that you don't knock out all the air from the whites. Don't worry if it looks a bit lumpy.
• Pour the mixture into the buttered dish, then put it in a roasting tin. Pour in a kettle of hot water into the tin so it is half-filled (this is called a bain marie). Ask an adult to help you with this bit. Bake for 35 mins until the top is set and there is a saucy lemon curd below. Use oven gloves to remove it from the oven.
• While the pudding is baking, pull or cut the hulls (the green tops) from the strawberries. Halve or slice them if large. Put in a bowl with the blueberries, then spoon over the cordial or sugar and mix together. Remove the pudding from the tin, dust with icing sugar through a sieve and serve warm or cold, with the berries.