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- Dish Main Course
- Cuisine Other
- Savoury Cheese pudding , Children, Vegetarian, Family Food, Kids Fun Cooking
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Savoury Cheese Pudding
Added on Mon Jul 7 2008
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The Basics
- Dish: Main Course
- cuisine: Other
- Serves: 4
- Prep Time: 0hrs 5 mins
- Cooking Time: 0hrs 30 mins
Ingredients
- 3oz Cheese - strong cheddar
- ½ pint Milk
- 2 Eggs Beaten
- 1 cup Breadcrumbs from day old loaf
- ½ oz Butter
- to taste Seasoning
Method
- Bring milk to the boil
- Add butter, breadcrumbs and leave for 5 mins
- Add cheese and seasoning
- Stir in eggs
- Pour into greased oven proof dish
- Bake in centre of hot oven – Regulo 7 for approx 30 minutes until brown on the top. Serve at once with selection of Veg or salad.
Tastes delicious with chutney and you can add variety of cheese depending on what you have available. More eggs/bread can be added to feed more. Great way of using up your nearly stale loaf!
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The Story Behind The Recipe
This wartime recipe which makes the very most of a limited amount of cheese has always been a firm family favourite. It comes from a Harrods wartime (Second World War) recipe book designed by Marguerite Patten ‘to assist the housewife to vary her menu in spite of existing rationing restrictions’.
I grew up in the 50s with this as a regular part of my diet - my mother (a lifelong vegetarian) serving it up (the original recipe) on a weekly basis with whatever vegetables were available (usually potatoes and carrots). I carried on the ‘tradition’ with my family, serving up a slightly enriched version with a greater variation of vegetables and the addition of tomato ketchup!
It’s a very quick and easy to prepare meal so it’s ideal for a busy Mum and children of all ages love it. It’s also very flexible and cheap – you can use whatever cheese you have in the house (a stronger Cheddar works well and a blue cheese gives it a very different distinctive taste). The type of breadcrumbs again are up to what you’ve got available! The quantities shown provide a tasty and filling meal for 4 whichever set of ingredients you choose!
Cheese Pudding
(Ingredients in original recipe)
½ pint milk & water
1 or 2 fresh eggs or dried eggs
1 teacup breadcrumbs
½ oz margarine
1½oz-2oz grated cheese
Seasoning
