ORANGE MERINGUE PUDDING
- 3 oranges
- 4 eggs
- ½ pint (1 cup) milk
- 2 heaping tablespoonfuls (2 ozs.) butter
- ½ pint (1 cup) bread crumbs
- 3 heaping tablespoonfuls (3 ozs.) sugar
Bring the milk and the butter to boiling point, then pour them over the bread crumbs; mix in the sugar and the yolks of the eggs; set aside till cold, then mix in the grated rind and the pulp of the oranges, mix all thoroughly together, and pour into a buttered earthenware pudding dish; bake in a moderate oven until set.
Beat up the whites of the eggs till stiff, then gradually beat into them three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Decorate the top of the pudding with this meringue, and return to the oven to brown.