Thursday, September 1, 2011

Lemon delicious IS delicious



Have you ever ordered a dish at a restaurant and not expected too much of it, but then you taste it and the fireworks go off on your tastebuds?

This happened to me when I tried the Lemon Delicious at Felix bistro last year (drool over the dish here). I’d always imagined lemon delicious to be a rather old-fashioned granny dish, but it’s not; it’s deceptively light and tangy and zingy and, yes, maybe just a bit reminiscent of another era.

I was pretty happy, then, to find a recipe that produced that same ka-boom! effect as the dessert at Felix. I’ve reduced the sugar in this version to highlight the sharp lemony goodness and the result is a dessert that’s not too sweet and will have you coming back for more (if there's any left).

Lemon delicious pudding
makes 4 serves

Ingredients
40g butter
½ cup caster sugar
Grated rind of 1 lemon, plus 70ml lemon juice
2 eggs, separated
40g plain flour
¾ cup milk
Icing sugar, to dust

Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan-forced). Grease 4x1 ½ cup soufflé dishes or ramekins OR one 6-cup capacity baking dish.
2. Place butter, sugar and lemon rind in a food processor and mix until pale and creamy. Add lemon juice, egg yolks, flour and then the milk one at a time, processing well after addition of each ingredient, until a smooth batter forms.
3. Using electric beaters, beat eggwhites until soft peaks form. Lightly fold in the lemon batter.
4. Pour mixture into prepared dishes and place in a large baking pan. Pour enough hot water into the baking pan to come halfway up the sides of the dishes. Bake for 25-30 minutes (or for 35-40 minutes if using a large dish), until top is lightly browned and set, with a creamy lemon curd underneath. Remove dishes from the pan. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

recipe adapted from BBC Australian Good Food

Ingredients: Flour, milk, eggs, sugar, lemon, butter

Place the prepared batter into small ramekins then place in a water bath before baking. The puddings do not rise very much, so there is no need to grease the ramekins all the way to the top like I did.

Golden goodness... but just wait until you dig in...

Light, fluffy sponge cake with warm lemon curd at the bottom

A dessert that lives up to its name, this really IS delicious

16 comments:

  1. ohhh tangy and zingy is my kinda thing!! these look so simple yet SO good. im sure fireworks would go off in my mouth too...love how the batter is still a bit wet at the bottom of the ramekin!

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  2. I'm always a bit wary of dishes that proxclaim how good they are in the title...but this does actually look delicious.

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  3. I love this dessert! Your looks delicious, love the two layers of lemony flavor.
    Hope you are having a fantastic week Bel :-)

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  4. Ive wanted to make this pud for a while as my ma hinted (well actually has more told me multiple times!) that its her favourite. That put a lot of pressure on then so I havnt dared try it!! But the fact you say this lives up to the restaurant standard is perfect, and if i get the guts to try it then this will 100% be the recipe i try :) Seriously gorgeous

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  5. Now here's a blast from the past. Last time I made this was in home ec in 1987! Oh man, gimme some now!

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  6. Yum yum yum! Lemon is my absolute favorite. Love simple fresh flavors like this.

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  7. I love lemons but I still remember being surprised at the lovely texture of a lemon delicious pudding :)

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  8. I LOVE lemon delicious...childhood memories, chilly nights, tart sweetness...love it

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  9. I've never had a lemon delicious before. Now you mad me want one! Your work here is done ;)

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  10. My other half adores lemon delicious, will have to bake a batch. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. simple and so delicious. I sure like to dig in!

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  12. Ah memories of my Grandma making me this are flooding back! Thanks for this!!

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  13. Questo dolce è fantastico, complimenti!!

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  14. Love a good lemon delicious - it's the closest thing I'll eat to a pudding =p

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  15. This looks so good. Unfortunately I have never tried lemon delicious pudding!
    But, I have written down a shopping list:) So I think I shall make it tomorrow or even today. I'm excited!

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  16. I looove lemon! I am sure I'm gonna make this recipe! (water in my mouth already) Thanks for sharing!

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