Danish Fruit Pudding Recipes

DANISH PUDDING DESSERT

Steps:

• Mix together butter, flour, brown sugar, salt and ½ cup nuts.
• Press into a 9x13 pan.
• Bake 350 for 12 minutes and cool.
• Cream cheese sugar and remaining nuts.
• Mix together and spread on cooled crust.
• Slice bananas as over cheese mixture.
• Whisk pudding into cold water in a medium saucepan.
• Mix well and boil exactly 1 minute at a full boil.
• Let cool slightly.
• Pour over bananas.
• Refrigerate til cool and top with cool whip to serve.

DANISH FRUIT PUDDING

Steps:

• Clean berries and rinse in a colander. Drain well.
• Mash with sugar and bring to a quick boil. Thin cornstarch with water and pour into hot strawberries, stirring constantly. Bring to another quick boil and remove from heat.
• Pour into a bowl and chill.
• (Sprinkle about 2 tablespoons sugar on top to keep surface soft.).
• Serve cold with table cream.

DANISH APPLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Put the breadcrumbs and demerara sugar in a heavy-based non-stick pan and cook gently for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly, until dark golden; transfer to a bowl, stir in the hazelnuts and set aside.
• Peel, core and slice the apples, grate the lemon rind and juice the lemon.
• Add the apples, honey, lemon juice and rind to a pan and cook gently for 10 minutes, breaking up the apples with a wooden spoon, until they are soft and pulpy.
• Using a wooden spoon, beat the apples into a thick purée and set aside to cool.
• Whik the caster sugar and egg white until stiff and fold into the cooled apple purée.
• Spoon half the apple mixture into 4 glass bowls, top with the breadcrumb mixture, and repeat the layers, finishing with a layer of breadcrumbs and nuts.
• Serve chilled.
• For variation: fold 150ml (5 fluid ounces) of cream and a tablespoon of brandy - or a liqueur of your choice - into the apple mixture.