Bakewell pudding

English

Noun

Bakewell pudding (countable and uncountable, plural Bakewell puddings)

  1. An English dessert consisting of a flaky pastry base with a layer of sieved jam and topped with a filling made of egg and almond paste.
    • "The Bakewell Pudding.—Having covered a dish with thin puff paste, put a layer of any kind of jam about half an inch thick, then take the yolks of eight eggs and two whites, half a pound of butter melted, and almond flavour to your taste; beat well together; pour the mixture into the dish an inch thick, and bake it about an hour in a moderate oven."
    • "And everyone should do their part to help settle the debate over which of the Bakewell pudding shops in town actually invented the famous dessert "
    • "Bakewell Pudding Any Derbyshire recipe book will, of course, feature Bakewell Pudding as one of its highlights"

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