I tested for doneness and the tester came out clean. So I took the pudding out of the oven and let it sit for about 5 minutes. I chose a nice deep dish that would look good in the picture. I put the serving dish over the pan and inverted the lot. I heard the pudding unmold with no problem; I did not even need to tap the pan.
When I uncovered it I could not believe my eyes. The pudding was a gooey mass of cooked eggs in the bottom of the serving dish. It is not that it broke when unmolding. It is that it was cooked in tiny pieces and never took the shape of the pan. Could it be that when I added the beaten eggs the sugar syrup was still too hot and cooked the eggs before going into the oven? Was it too much orange juice? Was this the reason why I don't remember mom ever doing it?
The taste was excellent but the texture is that of very sweet scrambled eggs in a puddle of orange syrup. Well, maybe I can serve it with buttered bread at the next EOMEOTE.
In the meantime, I got the 15 yards of soil dumped in my driveway yesterday evening and I am going to concentrate on gardening.
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Às vezes, nem tudo resulta... Já me aconteceu a mesma coisa com uma receita similar.
Oh no! I bet that syrup cooked the eggs. I have made more scrambled egg custards and cremes than I care to admit. Now I temper the eggs as carefully as I can.
But sweet omelettes are good, so an excellent use for the dish is EotMEoT. =)
Oh Ana, that must have been a shock. Such things happen to me all the time.
Can't wait to see what you do with your garden! Have you blogged about it before?
hey Ana
I am sorry about your disaster. Argh, I think eggs are quite hard to work with. They are too delicate and cook too easily!
Hi Ana,
I've had similar things happen in my kitchen. It must be the oven. :o)
Good luck with the garden, that's exciting. I have all the fresh herbs I ordered to pick up this weekend and I can hardly wait.
Liz
Hi all,
Thanks for stopping by. The garden is going well and I'm in bed by 8:00 pm with sore arms, legs and back. Photos to come.
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