Mixed Berry Spoon Pudding

Name: Mixed Berry Spoon Pudding
Cook time: 35 minutes
Total time: 2 3/4 hour
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup water; 1/4 cup black-currant syrup such as Ribena; 2 cups blackberries (8 ounces); 2 cups raspberries (8 ounces); 1 1/2 cups strawberry jelly; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 2 1/2 tablespoons arrowroot, dissolved in 2 tablespoons cold water; 2 cups strawberries (8 ounces), hulled, then quartered if large; Accompaniment:vanilla custard sauce

Rote Grütze "My husband and I always have the Rote Grütze at the Kempinski Hotel Atlantic when in Hamburg, Germany," says Mary Futchik of Naples, Florida. "Could you could help us get the recipe?" Consider this a cross between a spoonable pudding and a fruit soup.

August 20, 2004

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