Desserts

Sherry pudding

From
Gunna Sig

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 200 g sugar7 oz sugar
  • 2 dl sherry¾ cup sherry
  • 10 cocktail cherries (maraschino cherries)
  • 70 g chocolate2½ oz chocolate
  • 9 gelatine leaves
  • 6 dl whipping cream, whipped2½ cups whipping cream, whipped

Method

  1. Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water for 5–10 minutes.
  2. Separate the eggs. Beat the yolks and sugar until pale and thick. Whisk the whites to stiff peaks in a separate clean bowl.
  3. Warm half the sherry, squeeze the water out of the gelatine and melt it in the warm sherry. Add the rest of the sherry and pour it in a thin stream into the yolk mixture, stirring all the time.
  4. When the mixture starts to thicken, gently fold in the whipped cream and then the egg whites.
  5. Pour into a serving bowl and chill for at least 3–4 hours, until set.
  6. Decorate with the cocktail cherries and chopped or grated chocolate.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Serrýbúðingur
(Gunna Sig)
4 egg — 200 gr. sykur — 2 dl. serrý 10 koktailber — 70 gr. súkkul. 9 blöð matarlím — 6 dl. þeyttur Rjómi