Rhubarb Pudding

Ingredients

  • Stale cake or bread
  • 2 cups rhubarb
  • 4 tbsp white granulated sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • ½ cup sugar
Rhubarb Pudding

Photo: H. Alexander Talbot / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0

Procedure

  1. Line a buttered baking dish with slices of plain stale cake or bread.
  2. Combine the rhubarb and 4 tbsp sugar, and add to the dish.
  3. Cover and bake in a moderately slow 325°F (160°C) oven for about 30 minutes.
  4. Make a meringue of the egg whites by whipping until very stiff, gradually beating in the ½ cup sugar.
  5. Remove pudding from oven and cover with the meringue.
  6. Return to a slow oven to brown the meringue.