Pumpkin Pudding

Name: Pumpkin Pudding (Millet au potiron)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 strips of lemon peel; nutmeg, freshly-ground pepper, salt; nutmeg, freshly-ground pepper, salt; nutmeg, freshly-ground pepper, salt; 50 g (1¾ oz) sugar; 3 eggs; 250 ml (scant half pint) milk; 2½ tablespoon double cream; 1 pumpkin weighing 700 g (1 lb 9 oz); 40 g (1½ oz) currants; 20 g (¾ oz) butter; 50 g (1¾ oz) flour

Millet au potiron

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean and Pierre Troisgros

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

1 pumpkin weighing 700 g (1 lb 9 oz)

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Choose a good ripe pumpkin, preferably of a bright orange. Peel it and cut into large pieces. Soak the currants in cold water.
Put the pieces of pumpkin into a saucepan of slightly salted boiling water, and cook for 10 minutes. Drain in a colander. Melt the butter in a frying-pan, put the pumpkin in and sauté until all the moisture has evaporated and it has mel