Saturday 1 June 2013

Pudding Anyone

Here in the UK dessert is often known as pudding. Which the Canadian in me finds sort of funny because when I was growing up pudding generally meant Jello Instant Chocolate pudding - which I do not think I have ever seen over here. 

Either way, dessert or pudding, I had four extra egg yolks in my fridge and was loath to throw them out as usually ends up happening so I purposefully went looking for a recipe yesterday in which I could use them. I landed upon this one and pinned it, then I made it. 

Easy peasy, no cooking, five minute dessert. Really - you hate cooking? - try making this.

It got the seal of approval here in our house last night. So I am passing the recipe on to you. Here is what it looked like when I had made it.


First up, limes are limes in the UK. You don't get different kinds of limes and you certainly don't get Key Lime limes. I used four lovely juicy bog standard limes to get the half cup of juice required in this recipe. Next up, you don't tend to get Graham Crackers either. I made the pie crust with Gingernut biscuits and melted butter and it worked a treat. Thirdly, I bought a tin of condensed milk and used it. It was not the exact dimensions that were stated in the recipe. It did not seem to spoil anything at all. 

The pie is super creamy and tangy. We cut into it last night even though it had only been chilling for about six hours. The recipe does recommend over night and I would say that the pie looks slightly firmer now, but as it was so good last night I wouldn't say that not chilling it so long is a game breaker. 

Make your crust, press it in the tin. Whisk the other ingredients together and pour them in the crust. Stick it in the fridge. Try and stop anyone else in the house from sticking their finger in the pie before it is time to eat it. (Good luck with that!)

Enjoy!

Susan 

30 comments:

  1. Looks yum! Only if I make it I may put whipped cream on top of it too...only because I'm a tug of war team at the end of the month!

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  2. Mmmmm it looks so yummy.
    If only I could drag my backside off the sofa to go to the kitchen...
    #tootiredafteradayoutatthezoo

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  3. It smelt pretty good, i was only gutted i wasn't invited to stay for dinner! ;o)

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  4. Sounds love. We are just about to eat Beccys white chocolate cheescake

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  5. I make the one on the nestle site,super yummy although baileys cheesecake beats all :)

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  6. Looks fab! You can send some along if you like...

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  7. Um call me Edwina, but uncooked egg yokes? Your instructions went over my head ;) Reminded me of the Great British Sewing Bee: "get some fabric, cut it up, sew the pieces together and you have a bag".

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  8. I miss chocolate pudding - I am a Jello pudding girl too as you know. I think you and I need to get together an eat the last box of Kraft Dinner Spirals that I have and reminisce about the good ol' country!

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  9. Mmmm delish, and it's definitely pudding NOT dessert!

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  10. anything with Lime and sweetened condensed milk is always yummy. It sounds even better with your use of ginger biscuits for the crust

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  11. I just made Jello pudding! lol. I poured it into popsicle molds and threw it in the freezer. Half of them are lemon, and half are Oreo. Yep, they make Oreo pudding now. :-) The hard part is the waiting...

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  12. Ok...wait....you can't get graham crackers?? No way!!

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  13. Easy as ...even I could do this without burning the house down. Thanks for the share.

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  14. Wish I weren't dieting ..

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  15. Wow it looks delicious, I wonder if you could substitute limes for lemons?? I shall have to investigate...

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  16. looks good to me ... love a tangy pudding x

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  17. I love key lime pie - it's so easy to make. Gingernuts are a fab idea :-)

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  18. Anything Mojito is not Pudding or Desert ...it is Paradise :)

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  19. These sort of things are mean to those of us on diets ;o)

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  20. Jello instant pudding sounds disgusting! Is it like Angel Delight or anything else sort of tapioca/semolina-ish?

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  21. I am catching up on blogs, mostly later when the rain storm is predicted. It looks like you have had a great week, filled with fun and good food. Love the pie, we are down on uncooked eggs in Canada, doubt I could get that one past the sticklers.

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  22. It looked so yummy I also pinned it and will make it soon!

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  23. Do I need to try this then??

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  24. In my (English) head, desert is fancy things, restaurant type food, and pudding is comfort food I don't know if thats an actual distinction or just me...

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