Hasty Pudding

One of the recipes of my childhood, I always thought this was something fabricated by my mother at the end of a sparse month of little money.  

It's only recently that I learned it was a real thing, and actually featured in the song Yankee Doodle Dandy!

As a child, we would have this served as a lunch dish on a school day; coloured red, green or blue with food colouring or flavoured with a sprinkle of ground cinnamon.

To make Hasty Pudding, you will need:

25g marg or butter

25g flour

Milk

Sugar

Cinnamon to flavour 

Melt the fat in a heavy based pan.

Remove it from the heat and mix in the flour to make a roux.

Add a little milk and mix until a smooth paste.

Pop back on the heat and add more milk, starting, until you have a simmering, thick soup.

Add sugar to taste, and a little cinnamon.

Eat while warm.