Tamarillo & Carob Pudding

Submitted by Tamarillo

"The base pudding is a quick self saucing pudding which has been a favourite for 3 generations in our family. The tamarillos and the carob powder (instead of cocoa powder in the original recipe) is my adaptation and a very well received one."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 tamarillos
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 cup water
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon carob powder
• 2 ounces butter
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon carob powder
• 1 cup water, approximately

directions

1. Peel and poach whole, 6 tamarillos in 3/4 cup water and 1/3 cup of sugar until fruit just cooked.
2. Mix into a bowl: 1 cup SR flour, 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tbsp carob powder, and add to this 2 ozs (50 gms) of butter melted in 1/2 cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla.
3. Drain the syrup liquid that the tamarillos were poached in into a cup.
4. Place tamarillos on the bottom of a deep cooking dish and spoon over the pudding mix.
5. Sauce topping: Sprinkle 1/3 cup sugar and 1 tbsp carob powder over pudding mix.
6. Make up the syrup liquid to 2 cups by adding hot water and pour over top of the pudding.
7. Cook in a moderate oven 35-45 minutes.
8. Serve with plain ice cream.