List of sweet puddings

This is a list of notable sweet puddings that conform to one of two definitions:

  • A dish consisting of a fluid mixture of various ingredients baked, steamed or boiled into a solid mass
  • A dessert consisting of sweetened milk thickened to a creamy consistency, either by cooking or the addition of starch or other thickening agent
Butterscotch pudding

Puddings edit

Name Image Origin Description
Almond jelly   Hong Kong Gelatin-like pudding made with almond milk
Ashure   Turkey Made from a mixture of fruit, nuts and grain.
Asida   Maghreb Similar to a sweet porridge.
Pudim Abade de Priscos   Portugal Made from eggs, sugar, Port wine, and presunto (fat layer)
Banana pudding   United States A dessert generally consisting of repeated layers of vanilla custard, cookies (usually Vanilla Wafers or ladyfingers) and sliced fresh bananas placed in a dish and served, topped with whipped cream or meringue.
Bánh chuối   Vietnam Similar to banana bread or banana pudding.
Bebinca   Portugal and India Made with coconut milk.
Blancmange[1]   France Gelatinous pudding made from cream or milk and sugar, thickened with cornstarch and gelatin
Bread and butter pudding   United Kingdom Made by layering slices of buttered bread scattered with raisins in an oven dish into which an egg and milk mixture, commonly seasoned with nutmeg (and sometimes vanilla or other spices), is poured. It is then baked in an oven and served. Some people may serve it with custard or cream, but often the pudding under the crust is moist enough to be eaten without sauce.
Brown Betty   United States Made from breadcrumbs and apples, it is thought to date back to Colonial times.
Cabinet pudding   United Kingdom A traditional pudding with currants and sultanas mixed in.
Chè   Vietnam A term for any sweet pudding or soup.
Chocolate biscuit pudding Sri Lanka Made of alternating layers of milk-dipped Marie biscuits and chocolate pudding/icing, possibly topped off with roasted cashew nuts. A Sri Lankan dessert, commonly abbreviated "CBP."
Christmas pudding   United Kingdom [1] Made with brandy, treacle and dried fruit. The dried fruit and peel are soaked in brandy, and later the whole pudding is before being set on fire at table. The brandy enables it to burn. This pudding is usually topped with plastic or sweet robins, skaters, berries, holly and snowmen.
Clootie dumpling   Scotland A dumpling served as dessert, stuffed with currants, sultanas, breadcrumbs, golden syrup and milk.
Coconut pudding   Hong Kong A dim sum dessert made with coconut milk. Also called a coconut bar.
Cottage pudding United States A plain cake with vanilla custard, sometimes served with fruit.
Cơm rượu   Vietnam A rice pudding.
Crème caramel   France, Spain Gelatinous custard pudding topped with caramel.
Diplomat pudding Hungary Invented in 1908 at a diplomatic conference.
Doufuhua   China Made from tofu as main ingredient. Certain variant includes brown sugar, osmanthus syrup or soy milk.
Dutch baby pancake   United States Similar to Yorkshire pudding.
Eve's pudding   United Kingdom Made from apples and Victoria sponge cake mixture.
Figgy duff Canada Traditional bag pudding, containing no figs as the name implies.
Figgy pudding   United Kingdom Like a white Christmas pudding containing figs. The pudding may be baked, steamed in the oven, boiled or fried.
Flummery   United Kingdom Made from stewed fruit and cream.
Frumenty United Kingdom Made primarily from boiled, cracked wheat - hence its name, which derives from the Latin word frumentum, "grain". Different recipes added milk, eggs or broth. Other recipes include almonds, currants, sugar, saffron and orange flower water.
Goody   Ireland Made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
Got fan   China Made with plant powders.
Haupia   Polynesia Gelatin-like dessert made from coconut.
Jam roly-poly   United Kingdom Like a Swiss roll filled with jam.
Junket   United Kingdom Made from sweetened milk curdled with rennet.
Kazandibi   Turkey Literally means 'bottom of cauldron', typically made from tavuk göğsü or muhallebi.
Keşkül   Turkey Almond based milk pudding, often garnished with coconut shaving or pistachio nuts and is off-white in colour.
Kheer   India Made by boiling rice or broken wheat with milk and sugar, and flavored with cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashew nuts, pistachios or almonds.
Kue asida   Indonesia Localized variation of Asida in Indonesia.
Kūlolo   Hawaii A cake-like coconut pudding with a caramel-like taste.
Kutia   Eastern Europe Grain based.
Malvern pudding   United Kingdom Baked dish made with apples and custard.
Malva pudding   South Africa South African pudding with a caramel-based apricot jam.
Mango pudding   China Made from mango and a cream mixture; often served in dim sum restaurants
Muhallebi   Middle East Milk pudding similar to blancmange.
Panna cotta   Italy Meaning "cooked cream", usually eaten chilled with fruit or spices.
Persimmon pudding   United States Traditional American dessert made with persimmons.
Pistachio pudding   United States Simple pudding made with pistachio nuts.
Po'e Polynesia Made with mango, pineapple or banana, it is similar to poi.
Poi   Samoa Made with tropical fruits, coconut milk and other flavorings.
Puding Diraja   Malaysia Sweet pudding made of fios de ovos, banana, evaporated milk, cherries and cashew nuts. Sometimes, added either prunes, raisins or dates.
Put chai ko   China Snack made with steamed sugar
Queen of Puddings   United Kingdom Rich dessert made from sweetened breadcrumbs topped with jam and meringue.
Rødgrød   Denmark and Germany Called "Rote Grütze" in German, both names meaning "red groat". Sweet and fruit-sour dessert, based on redcurrant, raspberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, and (stoned) cherries; uses starch, sago, semolina or (in former times) groat as thickening agent
Rượu nếp   Vietnam Made from glutinous rice that has been fermented with the aid of yeast and steamed in a banana leaf.
Sago pudding   Southeast Asia Simple pudding made of Sago as main ingredient.
Spotted dick   United Kingdom [1] The "spots" are currants and sultanas.
Sticky date pudding   United Kingdom Like a sticky toffee pudding, but with dates mixed in.
Sticky toffee pudding   United Kingdom A rich sponge pudding saturated in a toffee sauce
Suet pudding United Kingdom Made with Suet, flour, bread crumbs, raisins and spices
Summer pudding   United Kingdom White bread filled with berries and their juices. The bread goes pink when the berries burst and the juices flow onto it.
Sussex pond pudding   United Kingdom A rich, heavy pudding that forms a "pond" from the caramel.
Sütlaç   Turkey Rice pudding, sometimes baked.
Tapioca pudding   Brazil A simple, bland, grain based pudding made with milk, tapioca pearls and sugar.
Teurgoule   France Rice pudding speciality of Normandy. Consists of rice cooked in milk, sweetened with sugar, and flavoured with cinnamon and sometimes nutmeg.
Treacle sponge pudding   United Kingdom Like a sponge cake, usually served with custard.
Watalappam   Sri Lanka Made from coconut milk, eggs and sugar.
Zerde   Turkey Made from rice, colored yellow with saffron.

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c Wright, Alice (October 15, 2015). "22 classic British puddings ranked from worst to best". Metro. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

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