Lokshen Pudding

⏱ 50 mins 🍽 Serves 6 🌶 jewish ✅ Easy 🏷 Dessert

This Lokshen pudding is a classic Jewish dessert, ideal for Shabbat. It features vermicelli noodles baked in a sweet, spiced custard enriched with melted butter, sultanas, and fresh citrus zest. The result is a comforting, golden-topped bake. It serves six people and takes about 50 minutes to prepare and cook. For an extra treat, it can be accompanied by cream and a fruit compote.

Lokshen Pudding

Ingredients

  • 200g unsalted butter melted
  • 500g pack broken vermicelli or crush 500g vermicelli
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • 60g sultanas
  • 1 lemon zested
  • 1 orange zested
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 11/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  • grating of nutmeg
  • cream and fruit compote, to serve (optional)

Method

  1. Set your oven to 210C/190C fan/ gas 6½. Use 1 tbsp of the melted butter to grease a 16 x 26cm ovenproof dish. Boil the vermicelli in a large pan of water as per the pack instructions, which should take roughly 3-4 mins. Drain the noodles and place them in a large mixing bowl. Combine with the remaining melted butter, then mix in the sugar, sultanas, all the citrus zest, the beaten eggs and the spices until everything is well incorporated.
  2. Pour the combined mixture into the buttered dish, spreading it evenly to cover the base. Place in the oven and bake for 30 mins until the surface turns a golden colour. Allow the pudding to cool for 10 mins before serving. It can be enjoyed with cream and fruit compote if desired.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories668 kcal
Fat30 g
Saturates18 g
Carbs88 g
Sugars24 g
Fibre5 g
Protein9 g
Sodium40 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategoryDessert
Cuisinejewish
DietVegetarian