PUMPKIN PUDDING WITH RAISINS

PUMPKIN  PUDDING  WITH  RAISINS:            AMERICA
INGREDIENTS:     ( serves 4 )

300  ml milk
200  g  stale bread
500  g pumpkin flesh, diced
1   vanilla pod, seeds scraped out
100  g raisins
2  eggs
150  g sugar
Icing sugar, for dusting

METHOD:

• Preheat the oven to 200C.
• heat the milk and soften the bread in it.
• Steam the pumpkin flesh in a colander above the milk.
• Add the pumpkin and vanilla seeds to the milk- bread mixture and puree. Next, add the raisins.
• Beat the eggs and the sugar until frothy and stir into the pumpkin mixture. Bake in a greased ovenproof dish for 30-35 minutes and serve dusted with icing sugar.

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