Semolina Pudding W/Spiced Plums

Submitted by ladyroseofrohan

"Succulent plums simmered in orange juice and allspice complement a rich creamy baked pudding."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Pudding

• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 1⁄2 cups milk
• 1 orange
• 1⁄3 cup semolina
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg

• Spiced plums

• 8 ounces plums, halved and pitted
• 2⁄3 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice

directions

1. Grease a 4 cup ovenproof dish. Juice the orange and pare the rind. Put milk, margarine, and rind in a pan. Sprinkle semolina and heat until boiling, stirring. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.
2. Add nutmeg, orange juice, and sugar, stirring well. Add beaten egg.
3. Transfer mixture to the dish and bake at 375 for 30 minutes, until lightly browned.
4. For spiced plums, put plums, orange juice, sugar and spice into a pan and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
5. Top to semolina pudding with a knob of butter and a pinch of grated nutmeg and serve with the plums.

Reviews

[Rodney B.]

This is a difficult recipe for me to rate, because it's different from the kind of thing I usually cook and I don't have much experience in the genre to compare against. As a result, I stuck fairly close to the recipe, with my only change being butter instead of margarine. Overall, it's a very good recipe and came out quite well. It seems fairly European in style; I think an American palette may expect something sweeter. Of course, my oranges were quite tart, and I used Italian plums, which aren't as sweet as the big round plums you find at the grocer. Next time I'll probably add an extra Tablespoon of sugar to the pudding. The plum sauce was wonderfully tart but I think it would have been offset nicely by a sweeter pudding. In the US, semolina is often sold as "farina," and two common brands are "Cream of Wheat" (a fine semolina) and "Malt-O-Meal" which is a medium semolina with some barley in it. I used Cream of Wheat.