Butterscotch Pudding
- Diner
- serves 6
- about 3 hr 45 min
- Custards & Puddings
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| 1 cup(200 g)dark brown sugar | cook to a dark butterscotch, 5 min | whisk in the dairy, then simmer | temper | cook to a boil, 1 min | stir in, strain, chill 3 hr |
| 4 Tbs(57 g)unsalted butter | |||||
| 3/4 tsptable salt | |||||
| 1/2 cup(120 mL)heavy cream | |||||
| 2 cups(480 mL)whole milk | |||||
| 4 large(75 g)egg yolks | whisk smooth | ||||
| 3 Tbs(24 g)cornstarch | |||||
| 2 tsp(10 mL)vanilla extract | |||||
| 1 Tbs(15 mL; optional)Scotch whisky | |||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.10 things to get out.
Pans and tools
1cook to a dark butterscotch, 5 min
2whisk smooth
3whisk in the dairy, then simmer
goes in with what step 1 made
6stir in, strain, chill 3 hr
goes in with what step 5 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 3 hr 6 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- 6 minof the steps that give a time
3 of the 6 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. Nothing here says whether you can walk away, so all 6 min of it is counted as time you are standing over it. The recipe itself says 3 hr 45 min.
cook to a dark butterscotch, 5 min
5 minneeds you(assumed)from the start
whisk smooth
not timedfrom the start
whisk in the dairy, then simmer
not timed5 min in
temper
not timed5 min in
cook to a boil, 1 min
1 minneeds you(assumed)5 min in
stir in, strain, chill 3 hr
3 hrwalk away(read off the step)6 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.
You'll need saucepan
See how it is written
>> title: Butterscotch Pudding
>> category: Custards & Puddings
>> tags: butterscotch, brown sugar, pudding, stovetop, make-ahead
>> counters: Diner
>> servings: 6
>> time: 3 hr 45 min
>> step.1: cook to a dark butterscotch, 5 min
>> step.2: whisk in the dairy, then simmer
>> step.5: cook to a boil, 1 min
>> step.6: stir in, strain, chill 3 hr
Cook @dark brown sugar{1%cup}(200 g), @unsalted butter{4%Tbs}(57 g), @table salt{3/4%tsp} in a #saucepan{} over medium until it darkens and smells nutty, about ~{5%min}.
Whisk @heavy cream{1/2%cup}(120 mL), @whole milk{2%cup}(480 mL) into @&(~1)butterscotch{} off the heat, a little at a time, then bring it back to a simmer.
Whisk @egg yolks{4%large}(75 g), @cornstarch{3%Tbs}(24 g) smooth.
Temper @&(~1)yolks{} with @&(~2)hot butterscotch cream{}.
Cook @&(~1)custard{} over medium, whisking hard, until it boils and thickens, ~{1%min}.
Stir @vanilla extract{2%tsp}(10 mL), @Scotch whisky{1%Tbs}(15 mL; optional) into @&(~1)pudding{}, strain into cups, and chill for ~{3%hr}.