Almond pudding
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Almond pudding is a milk pudding or custard thickened with ground almonds and sometimes flavored with almond extract. There are versions of almond pudding found in the Arab cuisines of the Middle East, and variations of this dish are found in American, European, Turkish, Persian, Indian, Chinese, and other world cuisines.
Almond pudding recipes are known in American cookbooks starting with Amelia Simmons, whose American Cookery (1796) is the first known cookbook written by an American. Her recipe is for a boiled pudding that she calls a "cream almong pudding", with eggs, nutmeg and cream. The pudding is boiled in cloth and served with melted butter and sugar.[1]