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Noah's pudding

 

Serves 4

 

Preparation time overnight

Cooking time 1 to 2 hours

 

This is the meal Noah cooked when the ark beached on Mount Ararat. It was made

with all the leftover bits and pieces in the ark's pantry.

Ingredients

225g/8oz barley

55g/2oz dried haricot beans

55g/2oz dried lima beans

55g/2oz dried chickpeas

1.2 litres/2 pints milk

570ml/1 pint water

55g/2oz pudding rice

110g/4oz dried apricots

110g/4oz sultanas

55g/2oz currants

1 lemon, zest only

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

450g/1lb caster sugar

2 tbsp cornflour, mixed with 1 tbsp milk

125ml/4fl oz rosewater

double cream, to serve

For the topping

55g/2oz dried figs

55g/2oz dried apricots

55g/2oz walnuts

1 tbsp pine nuts

55g/2oz pistachio nuts

1 tbsp currants

 

 

Method

1. Place the barley and the other dried pulses in a bowl and soak overnight in

plenty of water.

2. Strain, then simmer the barley and pulses in the milk and 570ml/1 pint of

water until tender.

3. Add the rice, apricots, sultanas and currants and cook for 5 minutes, then

add the lemon zest, cinnamon and allspice. Cook for another 10 minutes.

4. Slowly stir in the sugar, then add the cornflour and milk mixture. The

mixture will now start to thicken.

5. Pour in the rosewater and simmer for another 10 minutes until the rice is

tender. Tip into a large serving bowl and leave to cool. Mix all the topping

ingredients together.

6. Scatter the nutty fruity topping over the pudding and serve with double

cream.

 

 

 

 

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