Best Cape Cod Indian Pudding Recipes

INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Beat eggs in a small bowl and set aside.
• In a 6 quart pot, heat milk to hot, do not boil. Slowly add in corn meal and whisk continually until all of the corn meal is added. Cook for 10 minutes on a low simmer, stirring occasionally. Be careful that it does not stick and burn to the bottom of the pan.
• Remove from heat and add all other ingredients except the beaten eggs. Mix to combine.
• Temper the eggs by slowly adding some of the hot pudding a little at a time to the eggs, stirring as you go (about a cup total). Then add the egg mixture to the pot and stir.
• Pour mixture into a buttered 6-cup casserole dish and place the casserole dish in a water bath. Bake for about one hour and 30 minutes. Pudding should be set up and somewhat firm. If the center is a bit loose, that is OK.
• Let the pudding rest for 15 minutes, then serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

CAPE COD CORN PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add corn and onion; cook and stir until onion is crisp-tender, 6-8 minutes. Remove from heat., In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, ricotta cheese, cornmeal, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir in 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, corn mixture and, if desired, basil., Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese. Bake, uncovered, until set, 30-35 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk cornbread mix, pudding mix and milk until blended. Add eggs, molasses and spices; whisk until combined. Transfer to a greased 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour., Reduce heat to low. Stir pudding, making sure to scrape sides of slow cooker well. Cover and cook until very thick, 2-1/2 to 3 hours longer, stirring once per hour. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.

OLD FASHIONED NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Scald the milk and butter in a large double boiler. Or heat the milk and butter for 5-6 minutes on high heat in the microwave, until it is boiling, then transfer it to a pot on the stove. Keep hot on medium heat.
• Preheat oven to 250.
• In a separate bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, and salt; stir in molasses. Thin the mixture with about 1/2 cup of scalded milk, a few tablespoons at a time, then gradually add the mixture back to the large pot of scalded milk. Cook, stirring until thickened.
• Temper the eggs by slowly adding a half cup of the hot milk cornmeal mixture to the beaten eggs, whisking constantly.
• Add the egg mixture back in with the hot milk cornmeal mixture, stir to combine.
• Stir in the sugar and spices, until smooth. At this point, if the mixture is clumpy, you can run it through a blender to smooth it out.
• Stir in the raisins (optional).
• Pour into a 2 1/2 quart shallow casserole dish.
• Bake for 2 hours at 250.
• Allow the pudding to cool about an hour to be at its best. It should be reheated to warm temperature if it has been chilled. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

AUNT CARRIE'S INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Grease an 8" × 8" baking dish; set aside.
• Put 2 cups of the milk and 2 cups hot water into a medium pot and bring just to a boil. Slowly pour in cornmeal while whisking constantly. Reduce heat to medium and cook, whisking constantly, until very thick, 12-14 minutes.
• Remove from heat and whisk in remaining butter. Set cornmeal mixture aside.
• Whisk together molasses, flour, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and egg in a large bowl. Pour molasses mixture into cornmeal mixture while whisking constantly. Transfer batter to prepared baking dish; pour remaining milk evenly over batter.
• Bake, rotating once, until pudding is set but still soft and a skin has formed over the top, about 1 hour. (If pudding gets too dark while baking, tent with foil.).
• Set pudding aside to let cool to room temperature. Spoon pudding into bowls and top with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Gradually stir the corn meal into the hot milk.
• Cook over low heat or in a double boiler over hot water about 15 minutes until thick, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
• Blend together sugar through cinnamon and add to corn meal mixture.
• Stir in molasses and cold milk.
• Fold in raisins if using.
• Bake in a buttered 1-quart casserole at 275°F 2 hours.
• Serve warm topped with whipped cream, garnished with a dash of nutmeg.

CAPE COD INDIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Spray a 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Set aside. (DO NOT use a slow cooker liner with this recipe.)
• 2. In a large bowl, combine the pudding mix, corn muffin mix and 3 1/2 cups of milk. Whisk together until thick, about 2-3 minutes. Set aside.
• 3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, molasses and spices. Stir into pudding mixture and mix well.
• 4. Transfer to prepared slow cooker.
• 5. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour. Turn slow cooker to low and stir.
• 6. Cover and continue cooking for 1 hour. Stir, cover and cook 1 hour more.
• 7. Serve warm topped with vanilla ice cream or slightly sweetened whipped cream