Saladooha Russian Dried Fruit Pudding Recipes

RUSSIAN PUDDING

Steps:

• Place apples in a 9-inch pie plate.
• Add brown sugar, butter, lemon peel and juice; mix well.
• Microwave at HIGH for 3 minutes, stirring once.
• In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and sugar.
• Gradually add milk stirring well.
• Microwave at HIGH for 6 to 8 minutes or until thickened, stirring three times.
• Gradually stir in egg; mix well
• Pour custard over fruit mixture; mix well.
• Sprinkle with ground nutmeg.
• Microwave at 30%(medium-low) for 6 minutes, rotating dish twice.
• Let stand 5 minutes.

SALADOOHA (RUSSIAN DRIED FRUIT PUDDING)

Steps:

• In a medium size saucepan, add 1 cup of water and cranberries and cook until tender; mash and set aside.
• In a large cooking pot, add 12 cups of water, apricots, prunes, raisins, apples, pears, peaches, dates; bring to boil, then reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook for 1 hour or until all fruit is soft; stirring occasionally.
• Add sugar and mashed cranberries and cook for 5 minutes.
• Remove 1 cup of liquid from cooked fruit and stir in all-purpose and whole wheat flour to form a smooth, thin paste.
• Add flour paste to cooking pot and stir until well blended.
• Reduce heat to low and continue cooking for another 10 minutes, stirring frequently so the fruit does not settle to the bottom of the pot.
• Remove from heat and let cool before serving.
• Serve fruit pudding as is.
• If desired, you can serve with ice-cream or whipping cream.

FRUIT SALAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Drain pineapple and oranges, reserving juices in a 2-cup measuring cup; set fruit aside. Add enough water to juices to measure 1-1/2 cups. In a saucepan, whisk the juices and pudding mix. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally., Fold in the strawberries, cherries and reserved pineapple and oranges. Cover and refrigerate. Just before serving, fold in bananas.

WHITE RUSSIAN PUDDING SHOT

Steps:

• Beat milk and pudding mix together in a bowl using an electric mixer until pudding is thickened. Stir vodka and coffee-flavored liqueur into pudding; fold in whipped topping. Pipe or spoon pudding mixture into shot glasses. Freeze until ready to serve.