Baked sago pudding is a South African favourite that brings back Sunday lunch memories. It’s creamy, comforting and lightly spiced with cinnamon, then finished off with a layer of smooth apricot jam. Serve it warm with custard and you’ve got the perfect dessert that tastes like home.
Baked Sago Pudding
Creamy, soft and lightly sweet, this South African sago pudding is baked with milk, sugar and cinnamon, and topped with apricot jam. The perfect warm dessert with custard.
Ingredients
- 200 ml sago
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 750 ml milk full cream
- 125 ml sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 25 ml butter
- 2 egg yolks beaten
- 50 ml apricot jam
Instructions
- Rinse the sago off.
- Add the cinnamon stick and sago to the milk and heat slowly.
- Cook over low heat until the sago is translucent.
- Add the sugar, salt, and butter, mix well.
- Remove the cinnamon stick, add the beaten egg yolks.
- Spoon the mixture into a casserole dish and dash over the apricot jam
- Bake at 180ºC for 25 minutes, serve hot or cold.
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