Summer Berry Pudding

Serves: 5

Manley Abshire

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

56

Spice

48

Sweetness

49

Sourness

46

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cups

Raspberry

1 cup

Blueberry

1 cup

Sugar

1 cup

Simple Syrup

Directions:

1

Special Equipment: Cheesecloth; heavy can or weight Coarsely chop the strawberries and put them and the other berries in a sauce pan

2

Add the sugar and salt and cook over high heat until the berries are heated and just giving up there juices

3

About 5 minutes

4

Remove from heat and cool

5

In a blender, puree the simple syrup with 2 pints of raspberries until smooth

6

Set aside

7

Line a 2-quart pudding mold or deep bowl with cheesecloth

8

Dip both sides of some of the bread slices in the raspberry puree and arrange around the sides and bottom of the mold

9

Soak the remaining slices in the berry puree and layer with the cooked berries

10

Repeat and end with a bread layer on top

11

Using a plate that fits just inside the top of the mold, place it on top of the pudding

12

Put the mold in a pan and weight the plate

13

Refrigerate the pudding overnight

14

To serve, un-mold the pudding onto a serving platter, remove the cheesecloth and serve with scoop or two of vanilla ice cream

15

Sprinkle a little salt on top of ice cream for that hand-churned affect of homemade ice cream