Best 5 Pouding Chômeur Recipes
Pouding chômeur is a classic French Canadian dessert that is enjoyed by people of all ages. It is a simple and inexpensive dish to make, and it can be served warm or cold. The name "pouding chômeur" means "unemployment pudding" in French, and it is believed to have originated during the Great Depression when people were looking for ways to make a filling meal with few ingredients. Today, pouding chômeur is a popular dessert that is served in homes and restaurants across Canada.
Here are our top 5 tried and tested recipes!
POUDING CHOMEUR
Though it translates to 'unemployed man's pudding,' pouding chomeur isn't cheap to make. The good news is you don't really need to eat this more than a few times a year anyway. It's the perfect dessert to pair with summer fruit or vanilla ice cream. If you use a bigger baking dish than I did, and pour over all the maple cream syrup, your cake should float over a pool of what will eventually be your sauce. If you just use a deep pie dish like I did, then just serve the extra sauce on the side.
Provided by Chef John
Time 1h
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Butter a deep baking dish and place it on a sheet pan.
- Bring maple syrup and heavy cream to a boil in a deep saucepan over medium-high heat. Turn off heat once mixture starts to bubble, stir, and set aside.
- Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl using a spatula or electric mixer until creamy and well combined. Whisk in vanilla extract and 1 egg until incorporated. Mix in the other egg. Sprinkle in baking powder, salt, and flour. Mix with a spatula until batter is just combined.
- Transfer batter to the prepared dish and pour the maple-cream sauce on top, stopping between 1/2 to 1-inch from the top of the dish. Reserve any extra sauce.
- Bake in the center of the preheated oven until pudding is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes; serve pudding with any extra maple-cream sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 601.5 calories, Carbohydrate 75.5 g, Cholesterol 134.6 mg, Fat 32.6 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 20 g, Sodium 203.4 mg, Sugar 52.7 g
POUDING CHOMEUR WITH MAPLE SYRUP
This is a recipe from the coup de pouce. Pouding Chomeur is a famous dessert here in Quebec, Canada. Posted for ZWT4 Canada.
Provided by Boomette
Categories Dessert
Time 52m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cake: In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light. Add eggs and vanilla and mix. In another bowl, mix flour and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk, and mix well. Pour the batter in a greased 13' x 9' oven glass dish.
- Sauce: In a large saucepan, bring to boil the syrup, brown sugar, heavy cream and butter while stirring. Reduce the heat and let simmer for 2 minutes or until the sauce has slightly reduced. Pour slowly the boiling sauce on the batter.
- Cook in a preheated oven of 325 F for about 35 minutes or until the top of the pudding is golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature.
POUDING CHOMEUR TRADITIONNEL
Pouding chomeur is a classic Quebec dessert that translates as 'Poor man's pudding'. A syrup is poured on top of the cake mixture before baking and it turns into a delicious sauce that gathers at the bottom of the dish.
Provided by loulou
Time 55m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Mix brown sugar, water, and 2 teaspoons butter together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until syrup has thickened, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Beat 2 teaspoons butter in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Gradually add white sugar until incorporated; beat in egg. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture, alternating with milk, until batter is smooth; stir in vanilla extract. Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan; pour in the syrup on top of the batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cake is set and syrup has soaked to the bottom, 30 to 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 391.6 calories, Carbohydrate 86.9 g, Cholesterol 39.2 mg, Fat 4 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 3.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.2 g, Sodium 198.3 mg, Sugar 70.3 g
POOR MAN'S PUDDING (POUDING CHOMEUR)
Living in Quebec you learn many things. One, you learn that shoveling snow is considered a winter pastime. Secondly, and more deliciously, you learn that maple syrup can be put on a heck of a lot more than just pancakes (crepes up here). This little recipe is call Poor Man's pudding, and there is probably a recipe for every single family in the Province. This is the one my wife's family makes, and is fantastic. Yes, it's a little sweet, but nothing an ice cold glass of milk can't fix!
Provided by justiceforall
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- In a large heavy pan, bring to a boil the maple syrup and the cream. Pay close attention, because it will boil over! Once a slow roll begins, continue for about 3 to 4 minutes, and remove from the heat.
- With an electric beater, beat the butter and the sugar together. Add the eggs and continue beating for about 2 minutes.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and the salt. Add the dry ingredients into the the egg mixture, alternating with the milk.
- Pour the batter into a 13x9-inch pan. Pour the maple syrup/cream mix on top.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Enjoy with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or all by itself!
- *NOTE*: a variant that I saw on a local television cooking show called for doing all the above steps, but using single serving baking cups. Before adding anything, put in one or two frozen raspberries, then the batter, followed by the maple/cream mix.
- Makes an impressive and tasty quick dessert on a cold winter night for guests.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 716.3, Fat 33.5, SaturatedFat 20.4, Cholesterol 156.3, Sodium 245.7, Carbohydrate 100.4, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 68.4, Protein 6.8
MAPLE PUDDING CAKE (POUDING CHôMEUR)
"Unemployed man's pudding" is made from ingredients that are inexpensive and abundant in Quebec. From Gourmet March, 2006.
Provided by Vicki Butts (lazyme)
Categories Cakes
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 350F.
- 2. Stir together maple syrup, heavy cream, cider vinegar, and pinch of salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
- 3. Beat together butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
- 4. Add egg and vanilla, then beat until just combined (batter will be very thick).
- 5. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together into egg mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until just combined.
- 6. Pour 1/3 cup syrup mixture into baking dish.
- 7. Divide batter in bowl into 6 mounds with rubber spatula and spoon each mound onto syrup mixture in baking dish, spacing mounds evenly.
- 8. Pour remaining syrup mixture over and around mounds.
- 9. Bake until topping is golden and firm to the touch, 25 to 30 minutes.
- 10. Serve warm, with creme fraiche or sour cream if desired.
Tips:
- Use stale bread for a better texture and flavor. Cutting the bread into small pieces will help it absorb the custard mixture evenly.
- Use a heavy-bottomed pan or Dutch oven to cook the pudding. This will help prevent the bread from sticking to the bottom of the pan and burning.
- Be sure to cook the pudding over low heat. This will help the custard to cook evenly and prevent it from curdling.
- Stir the pudding frequently while it is cooking. This will help prevent the bread from sticking to the bottom of the pan and burning.
- If the pudding starts to thicken too quickly, add a little bit of milk or water. This will help to thin out the pudding and prevent it from becoming too thick and gummy.
- Serve the pudding immediately or allow it to cool slightly before serving. Serve the bread pudding warm with your favorite toppings and enjoy!
Conclusion:
Pouding chômeur is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is a versatile dish that can be made with a variety of different ingredients. The basic recipe calls for stale bread, eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla extract. However, you can also add other ingredients such as fruits, nuts, or chocolate chips. Pouding chômeur is a great way to use up leftover bread and it is also a budget-friendly dessert that can be made ahead of time. So next time you are looking for a sweet and satisfying dessert, be sure to try pouding chômeur.
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