0: 1
1: Split muffins
2: In a large baking pan dry muffin halves, uncovered, at room temperature 12 hours
3: Alternatively, dry muffin halves in a 250 degree oven 1 hour
4: Butter a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish (about 3 quarts)
5: 2
6: In a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook broccoli until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes, and drain in a colander
7: Refresh broccoli under cold running water and drain well
8: 3
9: Coarsely chop bacon
10: In a heavy skillet cook bacon in oil over moderate heat, stirring, 3 minutes
11: Drain bacon well on paper towels
12: 4
13: Chop hard boiled eggs
14: Arrange muffin bottoms, split sides up, in one layer in baking dish and sprinkle evenly with hard boiled eggs, bacon, broccoli, Jarlsberg, and salt and pepper to taste
15: 5
16: In a small heavy saucepan bring broth to a boil
17: In a bowl whisk together twp uncooked eggs and lemon juice
18: 6
19: Whisk half of broth in a stream into egg mixture and whisk mixture into broth remaining in pan
20: Cook mixture over moderately low heat, stirring, until thickened (do not let boil)
21: 7
22: In a bowl whisk together remaining uncooked egg, cream, milk, and salt and pepper to taste and whisk in lemon mixture in a stream until combined well
23: 8
24: Pour custard slowly and evenly over muffins in baking dish
25: 9
26: Butter muffin tops and quarter them
27: Arrange muffin pieces on top of custard, buttered sides up
28: Chill pudding, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 12
29: (If chilling pudding 12 hours, bottom muffin layer will develop a custard like consistency
30: ) 10
31: Preheat oven to 350 degrees
32: Bake pudding in middle of oven until custard is set, about 30 minutes
33: Recipe by: foodtv
34: com - Cooking Live Show Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 381 by RecipeLu <recipelu@geocities
35: com> on Dec 16, 1997