This Traditional South African Pumpkin and Bread Pudding, universally known as Pampoenmoes in South Africa, will often be found gracing South African dinner tables for dessert
Pudding Ingredients
1 lb [450g] pumpkin,
peeled and sliced
8 slices of bread,
cut thick [¾ inch, 2cm]
2 oz [ 57g ] sugar
2 oz [ 57g ] butter
4 tsp ground cinnamon
A little extra butter
To make the pudding
Preheat oven to 300
oF [150
oC]
Butter both sides of the bread.
Mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
Grease an ovenproof dish.
Place a layer of bread in the dish
Follow this with a layer of sliced pumpkin.
Sprinkle liberally with the cinnamon sugar mixtute.
Repeat, with alternating layers of bread and pumpkin, untill the bread and pumpkin have been used up.
You must ensure however that you end up with a layer of pumpkin slices on top.
Dot the top layer of pumpkin with the extra butter.
Place in oven and bake until the pumpkin is soft.
Serve the Pumpkin and Bread Pudding hot.
Pampoenmoes or Pumpkin and Bread Pudding is a favorite traditional South African dessert, once you've tasted it you will understand why
Even people who generally don't like pumpkin often find this
Pampelmoes delicious
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