Indian Pudding

[skbird]

I was just thinking back over some of my favorite recipes and remembered something I'd had when I was 19 and on the East Coast with my family. Indian Pudding! Perfect GF recipe on it's own.

Anyway, are there any East Coasters who have a favorite Indian Pudding recipe? I found a few on the 'net but can't find the one I tried more than a dozen years ago, you had to bake it overnight. I'd like one that is really rich, with a good combo of gooeyness and cornbreadiness (I like different textures in the same dish). I had some at Faneuil Hall <http://www.durgin-park.com/menu.asp> that was to die for (after my first-ever lobster dinner, slobber-drool!).

Here are some I found to get the ball rolling... (don't know how they measure up though)

Indian Pudding Recipe 2

5 cups scalded milk
1/3 cup Indian meal
1/2 cup molasses
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger

Pour milk slowly on meal, cook in double boiler twenty minutes, add molasses, salt, and ginger; pour into buttered pudding-dish and bake two hours in slow oven; serve with cream. If baked too rapidly it will not whey. Ginger may be omitted.

Indian Pudding Recipe 3

5 cups of milk
1/3 cup of meal
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of molasses
2 tablespoons butter chopped
1 teaspoon of ginger

Cook the milk and meal in a double boiler 20 minutes; add the other ingredients. Put the mixture in a pudding dish and bake two hours. Serve with hot maple molasses and butter, or cream.


BAKED INDIAN PUDDING

Scald one pint of milk; stir into it one-half cup of Indian (corn) meal, one-half cup molasses, and a pinch of salt. When this is cold, pour over it, without stirring, one pint of cold milk.
Bake in a slow oven about four hours to obtain the color and flavor of the old-fashioned pudding.

Cape Cod Indian Pudding

Ingredients:
1/2 cup corn meal
1 quart milk
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 tablespoon Flour
2 beaten eggs
2-1/2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ginger
Scald milk and add corn meal and mix. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Bake in a square cake pan in a 275 degree oven for 2 hours. Makes 6 servings. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

Stephanie
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[Mary]

Would a non dairy milk substitute work for these recipes?

[skbird]

Honestly, I'm not certain but I would think yes. Have you ever tried using coconut milk for anything? I used it as a milk/cream substitute a few times. I went dairy free for a month but didn't notice a change so I am back on dairy. But coconut milk is really good for this kind of stuff, I also use it to make ice cream. I get the Chaokoh brand, I find it in my import store and also Raleys.

Stephanie
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Stephanie

[Mary]

Thanks for the coconut milk tip. I will try it.