Indian pudding
Molasses cornmeal bake
Indian pudding is a traditional New England dessert made from cornmeal and molasses, slowly baked until dense and custardy.
The "Indian" refers to cornmeal, which colonists called Indian meal.
It's typically served warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream: The restaurant is famous for its Indian pudding.
Coarsely milled dried maize
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
- colonialOf occupied territories
Puritans · settlers · pilgrims · hearth · johnnycake · Americana · homestead · ancestral
Syrup from cane processing
- cinnamonAromatic bark spice
- nutmegAromatic seed spice
- gingerPungent culinary rhizome
- maple syrupConcentrated sap sweetener
brown sugar · vanilla · caramelized · butterscotch · honey · allspice · cloves · sweetened
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- bakedCooked by dry heat
- slow-cookedPrepared with prolonged heat
- oven-bakedCooked in enclosed chamber
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
whipped cream · maple syrup · vanilla ice cream · porridge · soft · creamy · dense · moist
cornmeal
Coarsely milled dried maize
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
colonial · Puritans · settlers · pilgrims · hearth · johnnycake · Americana · homestead · ancestral · old-fashioned
molasses
Syrup from cane processing
maple syrup · brown sugar · vanilla · caramelized · butterscotch · honey · allspice · cloves · sweetened · rich
custard
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- bakedCooked by dry heat
- slow-cookedPrepared with prolonged heat
- oven-bakedCooked in enclosed chamber
warm · whipped cream · maple syrup · vanilla ice cream · porridge · soft · creamy · dense · moist · golden
warmth
Heat you feel
satisfaction · homestyle · soothing · autumn · winter · fireside · homemade · rustic · simple · nourishing
- Classic Dessertsangel food cake, baked Alaska, Black Forest cake, Boston cream pie, cherries jubilee
- New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
- Victorian foodstreacle, mock turtle soup, turtle soup, gruel, porridge
- British Puddingsspotted dick, spotted dog, treacle sponge, jam roly-poly, roly-poly
Indian puddingrice pudding
Grain simmered in sweetened milk
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Indian puddingrice pudding
Grain simmered in sweetened milk
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