Walnut Pudding Food

WALNUT PUDDING

Steps:

• In a small heavy skillet, combine sugar, flour and baking soda; cook and stir over medium heat until light brown. Reduce heat to low; gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Stir in nuts. Pour into two serving dishes. Chill. Garnish with whipped cream and walnuts if desired.

MAPLE-WALNUT PUDDINGS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan (off heat), whisk egg yolks with cornstarch and salt until smooth. Gradually whisk in milk, then pure maple syrup.
• While whisking, bring to a boil over medium heat; boil 1 minute. Off heat, stir in unsalted butter.
• Transfer to a medium bowl (strain, if lumpy). Press plastic wrap on surface of pudding; refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• Spoon into dishes; drizzle with more maple syrup or Maple-Walnut Sauce.

BANANA WALNUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Add the cubed bread to the baking dish.
• Place the walnuts in a dry skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir until the walnuts are golden brown and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, egg yolks, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and nutmeg. Once combined, stir in the mashed bananas and 3/4 cup of the walnuts.
• Pour the custard over the bread cubes. Carefully toss to coat, making sure that the bread cubes are submerged in the custard, and let stand to allow the bread to soak up the custard, 10 to 15 minutes. Top with the remaining walnuts.
• Bake until the center is set, about 45 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

WALNUT AND APPLE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Coat the interior of the slow cooker insert with the butter.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the bread, apples, cinnamon, walnuts, and raisins and mix them together as thoroughly as possible. (I use clean hands, the best mixing device I know of.) Place the bread and apple mixture in the slow cooker insert.
• In a blender, combine the milk, sugar, and eggs and blend thoroughly. Gently pour the liquid over the bread, using a spoon to press the bread down into the liquid.
• Cover and cook on low for about 3 hours, or until the liquid has been absorbed by the bread and a crust is beginning to form.
• Turn off the slow cooker and allow the pudding to settle for 15 to 20 minutes, then spoon individual portions into bowls and top each portion with a generous serving of whipped cream and a sprinkling of brown sugar.
• Tea or coffee are good choices here. If you can find one, a Canadian apple ice wine would be delightful.

WALNUT-STEAMED PUDDING WITH VANILLA-ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• To make pudding, butter a 2-quart souffle dish with a tightly fitted lid. Have ready a pot with a lid, large enough to hold the covered souffle dish and a rack that will fit in the bottom of the pot to allow water to circulate freely under the dish. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil.
• Meanwhile, whisk the butter and the sugars together in a large bowl. Whisk in eggs, milk and brandy. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and walnuts. Add butter mixture and stir just until smooth. Scrape mixture into buttered dish.
• Place rack in the bottom of the pot. Cover souffle dish and place it in the pot. Pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the souffle dish and cover. Check occasionally to make sure there is enough water and that it is simmering; add boiling water if necessary. Steam the pudding until a skewer inserted into the center barely comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
• To make sauce, place milk, vanilla seeds and pod and orange zest in a saucepan. Whisk yolks and sugar together in a bowl. Bring milk mixture just to a boil. Whisking rapidly, slowly pour the milk into the egg mixture. Pour mixture back into pan and place over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon -- do not let it come to a boil. Remove from heat and strain through a fine sieve. Whisk in orange juice. Refrigerate until cold.
• Carefully remove the souffle dish from the pot, uncover and let cool for 10 minutes. Unmold. Cut into wedges, place each wedge on a plate and surround with a pool of the orange sauce. The pudding can also be served at room temperature.

APPLE WALNUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Toss bread cubes with apples and walnuts; place in lightly greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Pour milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes and 1 tsp. of the cinnamon. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Pour over bread mixture; sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp. cinnamon.
• Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour or until hot and bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Top with whipped topping just before serving.

VERMONT MAPLE BREAD PUDDING WITH WALNUT PRALINE

Steps:

• For praline:
• Spray rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray. Stir sugar and 1/4 cup water in heavy small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and boil without stirring until mixture turns deep amber color, occasionally swirling pan and brushing down sides with wet pastry brush, about 7 minutes. Stir in nuts. Quickly spread nuts on prepared sheet. Cool. Chop praline into small pieces. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature.)
• For bread pudding:
• Whisk eggs, cream, sugar, 1 cup maple syrup, and vanilla in large bowl to blend. Add brioche; stir to coat. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Transfer bread mixture to prepared dish. Bake until puffed and golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool slightly. Cut into 6 to 8 pieces. Place 1 piece pudding on each plate. Place scoop of ice cream atop pudding, drizzle with maple syrup, sprinkle with praline, and serve.

CHOCOLATE AND WALNUT PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F, 180C, gas mark 4.
• Sift the first 5 ingredients into a mixing bowl, and in a separate bowl whisk together the melted butter, eggs and vanilla essence.
• Stir this into the dry ingredients and add the chopped walnuts. Pour this mixture into a buttered baking dish.
• Mix together brown sugar and cocoa powder with a fork. Gradually whisk in the hand hot water, then pour over the pudding.
• Place the pudding in preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until the pudding has risen and is firm in the middle.
• Before serving, sprinkle the top with some icing sugar.

CARROT AND WALNUT PUDDINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees C, gas mark 4. Grease 6 150ml individual pudding basins or ramekins. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, oil, carrot, sugar, eggs, 1tsp vanilla extract and golden syrup. with an electric mixer 2-3 minutes until combined. Stir in walnuts and divide pudding mixture between basins. Cover each basin with a greased circle of baking paper. Fold a single pleat into 6 larger discs of baking paper (to allow for expansion). Place these discs on top of each pudding basin and tie with string.
• Place basins in a roasting tin and fill tin with enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the basins. Bake in oven 1 hour. Remove puddings from tin and set aside to cool about 5 minutes.
• While puddings are cooling, put mascarpone to a small bowl. Sift in icing sugar and add lemon zest and vanilla extract. Stir combine. Chill in fridge until ready to use.
• To serve, turn puddings onto plates and top with a dollop of the mascarpone mixture, drizzled with golden syrup and sprinkled with walnuts.

MAPLE WALNUT PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Mix all ingredients together except walnuts and hot water.
• Pour mixture into the prepared casserole dish.
• Sprinkle walnuts on top.
• Pour hot water over all.
• Bake for 35 minutes or until a cake tester or tooth pick inserted in the center of the upper part (the cake part of the pudding) comes out clean.