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Semolina Dish

4 servings

Ingredients

• 75 g semolina
• 0.5 l milk
• salt (a little)
• 150 g butter
• 150 g sugar
• lemon zest (grated) (a little)
• almonds (finely grated) (some pcs)
• 5 pcs egg yolks
• 5 pcs egg whites (beaten)
• fruit sauce (for serving) (as needed)

Instructions

1. Let the semolina swell in the milk with a little salt over a gentle heat and set aside to cool, ensuring the porridge is not completely cold before stirring.
2. Cream the butter, add sugar, grated lemon zest, and some finely grated almonds, and while continuously stirring, gradually add the semolina porridge and egg yolks.
3. Finally, fold in the beaten egg whites and bake the dish in the greased mold for one hour.
4. Serve unstirred with fruit sauce.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.