Summer Pudding With Blueberries And Raspberries

Serves: 2

Santos Walker

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

44

Spice

46

Sweetness

55

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Sugar

Directions:

1

Carefully unmold

2

Cut bread into 14 (1/2-inch-thick) slices

3

Cut bread into 14 (1/2-inch-thick) slices

4

Cut out a 3-inch round from 1 slice and put in bottom of bowl

5

Line side of bowl with 10 slices, overlapping them slightly

6

Bring berries, sugar, and lemon juice to a boil in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat, then simmer, stirring occasionally, until berries collapse and release their juices, about 8 minutes

7

Spoon fruit into a sieve set over a bowl and let drain 15 minutes

8

Spoon drained fruit into bread-lined bowl (reserve juices) and cover completely with remaining bread, cutting bread to fit

9

Pour juices evenly over bread, making sure all bread is saturated

10

Cover pudding directly with a piece of wax paper and place a 7-inch plate, upside down, on top of paper

11

Put a 1- to 1 1/2-pound weight (such as a large can) on plate and chill at least 8 hours

12

Remove weight, plate, and wax paper and invert platter over bowl, then invert bowl onto platter

13

Cut out a 3-inch round from 1 slice and put in bottom of bowl

14

Line side of bowl with 10 slices, overlapping them slightly

15

Bring berries, sugar, and lemon juice to a boil in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat, then simmer, stirring occasionally, until berries collapse and release their juices, about 8 minutes

16

Spoon fruit into a sieve set over a bowl and let drain 15 minutes

17

Spoon drained fruit into bread-lined bowl (reserve juices) and cover completely with remaining bread, cutting bread to fit

18

Pour juices evenly over bread, making sure all bread is saturated

19

Cover pudding directly with a piece of wax paper and place a 7-inch plate, upside down, on top of paper

20

Put a 1- to 1 1/2-pound weight (such as a large can) on plate and chill at least 8 hours

21

Remove weight, plate, and wax paper and invert platter over bowl, then invert bowl onto platter

22

Carefully unmold