Indian pudding with dried-fruit compote

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ cup 1% low-fat milk
⅓ cup Cornmeal
⅓ cup Unsulfured molasses
¾ teaspoon Ground ginger
¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
1 tablespoon Unsalted butter
1 cup Apple cider
¼ cup Packed light brown sugar
¼ cup Water
2 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice
½ cup Dried apricots
½ cup Pitted prunes
½ cup Dried cranberries

Directions

FOR INDIAN PUDDING

FOR DRIED-FRUIT COMPOTE

Make pudding

In a heavy saucepan stir together milk and cornmeal and bring to a simmer, stirring. Stir in molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and a pinch salt and simmer mixture, stirring, 30 minutes, or until very thick. Add butter, stirring until melted. Remove pan from heat and cool pudding 20 minutes, covered.

Make compote

In a saucepan simmer cider, brown sugar, water, and lemon juice, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Add fruits and simmer 5 minutes more, or until fruits are softened and plumped up.

Put a spoonful of pudding in each of 8 shallow bowls or soup plates using a 2-ounce (¼ cup) ice-cream scoop and top with some compote.

Recipe by: Gourmet magazine December 1996 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Bill <vwbug@...> on Sep 17, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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