Spiced Fresh Tomato Pudding
| Serves | 6 |
|---|---|
| Ingredients | Eggs, Vegetables |
| Day Part | Dessert |
| Menu Part | Dessert |
| Cuisine Type | American |
This old fashioned tomato pudding is made with crushed tomatoes, bread cubes, and other seasonings and ingredients.
Ingredients
1 tbsp. butter, for greasing
6 cups chopped fresh tomatoes (about 4 lb.)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1⁄2 tsp. ground allspice
1⁄2 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract
5 cups cubed (1-in.) peasant or Italian bread
1 egg
1⁄4 cup sugar
Sweetened whipped cream
Steps
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease an 8- x 8- x 2-in. pan with 1 tbsp. of the butter.
- In a large saucepan, combine tomatoes, the 1 cup of sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt, and the remaining 3 tbsp. of butter. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 min.
- Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract and bread cubes.
- In a small bowl, lightly beat egg. Stir in 1⁄2 cup bread mixture. Gradually return egg-coated bread mixture to the saucepan, gently stirring.
- Spoon bread mixture into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1⁄4 cup sugar. Bake until knife inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 min.
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Serve warm with whipped cream, if desired.