Cond Nast Cafeterias Raspberry Pudding Recipes

CONDé NAST CAFETERIA'S RASPBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the raspberries with the jam and place in the bottom of a greased 9-inch round cake pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter for 30 seconds. Gradually beat in the sugar. Beat on high 3 to 4 minutes, until light and fluffy. Set aside.
• In another bowl, beat the egg yolks, vanilla and lemon juice on high until they are thick and pale yellow. Beat into the butter, scraping the sides often. Stir in the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the milk.
• Pour the batter over the berries. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out without batter on it, about 40 minutes. (Be careful not to overbake.) Serve warm, so that the center melts a bit when you cut the pudding.

LEMON PUDDING CAKE WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• To prepare the cake: Preheat the oven to 325°.
• Whip the egg yolks and 1 cup of the sugar until it reaches the ribbon stage. Add the flour and mix well. Whisk in the lemon juice, salt, and milk until completely combined.
• In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites until soft peaks form. Add 1/2 cup of the sugar, and whip until stiff peaks form. Gently fold the egg whites into the lemon mixture.
• Pour the batter into a plastic wrap-lined 9 by 13-inch pan and bake for 30 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool slightly, then refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Place a piece of plastic wrap over the pudding cake and flip it onto a flat surface. Cut eight 3-inch circles with a ring cutter.
• To prepare the sauce: Reserve 16 raspberries for the garnish. Purée the remaining raspberries with the remaining 1/4 cup sugar for 2 minutes, or until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve.
• Spoon some of the raspberry sauce in the center of each plate and top with a circle of pudding cake. Place 2 raspberries and a mint sprig in the center of each cake.

SAVORY SUET PASTRY

Steps:

• In a food processor, pulse flour, chives and suet (or margarine) until fat is incorporated, about 9 times. Continue pulsing and add water slowly, till dough forms clumps and pulls away from side of bowl.
• Knead the dough on a floured board till soft. Make a thick disk about 6 inches in diameter.
• Cut the disk into 6 equal portions, form smaller disks, wrap in plastic and chill for at least 2 hours before using.

RASPBERRY SUMMER PUDDING

Steps:

• Line a 1-quart charlotte mold with plastic wrap and trim 1 whole bread slice to fit the bottom of it. Arrange the halved slices, overlapping them slightly, around the sides of the mold and press the bread round into the bottom.
• In a saucepan combine 4 cups of the raspberries, the sugar, and the framboise, bring the mixture to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring, and simmer it, stirring, for 3 minutes, or until the raspberries are crushed and the sugar is dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat and let the raspberry mixture cool.
• Spoon one third of the raspberry mixture into the mold and top it with 1 slice of the remaining bread, trimming the bread if necessary. Spoon the remaining raspberry mixture into the mold and top it with enough of the remaining 3 slices of bread, cut into pieces, to cover the top completely. Cover the mold with a round wax paper cut to fit the inside of the mold, top the wax paper with 1 round of stiff cardboard cut to fit the inside of the mold, and weight the pudding evenly with a 2-pound weight. Chill the pudding overnight.
• Just before serving, remove the weight, the cardboard, and the wax paper, run a thin knife around the edge of the mold to loosen the pudding, and invert a large round serving plate over the mold. Invert the raspberry pudding onto the plate, remove the plastic wrap, and garnish the pudding with the whipped cream and the additional raspberries.

RASPBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Drain raspberries, reserving juice in liquid measure; add enough water to make 1 cup, set aside.
• In greased 8 inch square metal cake pan, toss raspberries with 1/4 cup sugar; set raspberry mixture aside.
• Cake topping: In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla.
• In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add to butter mixture alternately with milk, making 3 additions of flour mixture and 2 of milk.
• Scrape evenly over raspberries, smoothing top,set aside.
• In a small saucepan, bring reserved raspberry juice and remaining 1/4 cup sugar to boil; pour over batter.
• Bake in centre of 350 F degree oven until bubblely at edges and cake is firm to the touch, about 50 minutes.
• Let cool slightly before serving.
• Make ahead = store at room temp for up to 8 hours; reheat if desired.
• I use becel margarine instead of butter and Splenda instead of sugar, comes out nice and light.

CAFETERIA'S MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Combine all the ingredients, mix well and divide among 6 greased mini loaf pans. (Each should hold about 1 1/2 cups.) Or form by hand into small loaves and bake on a sheet pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until a thermometer inserted into the center reaches 165 degrees. Remove from the pans and serve.

CONDé NAST CAFETERIA'S RASPBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the raspberries with the jam and place in the bottom of a greased 9-inch round cake pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter for 30 seconds. Gradually beat in the sugar. Beat on high 3 to 4 minutes, until light and fluffy. Set aside.
• In another bowl, beat the egg yolks, vanilla and lemon juice on high until they are thick and pale yellow. Beat into the butter, scraping the sides often. Stir in the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the milk.
• Pour the batter over the berries. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out without batter on it, about 40 minutes. (Be careful not to overbake.) Serve warm, so that the center melts a bit when you cut the pudding.

SUMMER PUDDING WITH BLUEBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES

Steps:

• Cut bread into 14 (1/2-inch-thick) slices. Cut out a 3-inch round from 1 slice and put in bottom of bowl. Line side of bowl with 10 slices, overlapping them slightly.
• Bring berries, sugar, and lemon juice to a boil in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat, then simmer, stirring occasionally, until berries collapse and release their juices, about 8 minutes. Spoon fruit into a sieve set over a bowl and let drain 15 minutes. Spoon drained fruit into bread-lined bowl (reserve juices) and cover completely with remaining bread, cutting bread to fit.
• Pour juices evenly over bread, making sure all bread is saturated. Cover pudding directly with a piece of wax paper and place a 7-inch plate, upside down, on top of paper. Put a 1- to 1 1/2-pound weight (such as a large can) on plate and chill at least 8 hours.
• Remove weight, plate, and wax paper and invert platter over bowl, then invert bowl onto platter. Carefully unmold.

WARM CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and generously butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan.
• Make frosting:
• Chop chocolate. In a small heavy saucepan bring jam, cream, and chocolate to a simmer, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Pour frosting into cake pan.
• Make cake batter:
• In a bowl whisk together boiling water and cocoa powder until smooth and whisk in milk, vanilla, and jam. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy and add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Into another bowl sift together flour, baking soda, and salt and add to egg mixture in batches alternately with cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating well after each addition.
• Pour batter evenly over frosting mixture and bake in middle of oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tester inserted into cake comes out clean (frosting on bottom will still be liquid). Cool cake slightly in pan on a rack, 10 to 20 minutes. Cake may be made 1 day ahead, cooled completely in pan and left in pan, covered, at room temperature. Reheat cake, uncovered, at 350°F. 10 to 15 minutes.
• Run a thin knife around edge of pan and twist pan gently back and forth on a flat surface to loosen cake. Invert a cake plate with a slight lip over cake pan and, holding pan and plate together with both hands, invert cake onto plate. Frosting will cover cake and run onto plate.
• Serve cake garnished with raspberries.