Lemon Delicious
Lemon delicious
If you enjoy a good pudding for dessert then this is definitely a dish for you! Lemon delicious has a really light sponge-like layer on the top and a sweet thick lemon sauce at the bottom. Sort of reminds me of a lemon version of the Chocolate self-saucing pudding.
Interestingly did you know that the essential oils contained in lemon rind (zest) give a perfume rather than a flavour. The flavour comes mainly from the juice! Who would have thought!
Lemon Delicious
Ingredients: 60g unsalted butter softened, ¾ cup caster sugar, 3 eggs separated, 1 tsp grated lemon rind, 1/3 cup self-raising flour sifted, ¼ cup lemon juice (approximately juice of one lemon), ¾ cup milk and icing sugar to dust
Steps: Preheat the oven to moderate, 180 degrees Celsius. Brush a 1 litre ovenproof dish with butter or spray with vegetable oil. Using electric beaters, beat the butter, sugar, egg yolks and lemon rind in a large small bowl until the mixture is light and creamy. Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined. Add the lemon juice and milk and stir to combine.
Place the eggwhites into a small, dry bowl and using electric beaters, beat on high until firm peaks form. Then fold this into the pudding mixture using a metal spoon until just combined.
Spoon into the ovenproof dish and place the dish in a baking dish. Pour in boiling water into the baking dish to come 1/3 of the way up the side of the pudding dish. Bake for 40 minutes. Dust with icing sugar and serve!
Serves 4
Juicy tip! Lemons at room temperature or warmed in the microwave for a few seconds juice more easily than cold ones from the refrigerator!
