Serradura - sawdust pudding– Easiest Pudding in the world
Servings 10 to 12 people
Ingredients
- One 7oz pkg Marie biscuits
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- One 14oz can sweetened condensed mIlk
Optional garnishes:
- cinnamon ground
- almonds toasted and sliced
- coconut toasted
- passion fruit pulp and seeds
Instructions
- In the bowl of a food processor, blitz the cookies into fine crumbs.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment, beat the cream until medium-soft peaks form, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add the sweetened condensed milk and continue whipping until medium-stiff peaks form, 2 to 4 minutes more.
- Spoon the cream into a resealable plastic bag and snip off one of the bottom corners of the bag to make for easy piping.
- In individual glass serving dishes, wine glasses, martini glasses, short Mason jars, or a single large serving dish, alternate layering the cream and the cookie crumbs beginning and ending with the cream. You should have about 7 layers.
- Garnish with anything you desire, whether ground cinnamon, almonds, toasted coconut, or the very untraditional (though stunning) passion fruit pulp and seeds.
- Refrigerate at least 4 hours or preferably overnight to allow the cookies to soften. If chilling overnight, tent the puddings with plastic wrap to avoid it drying out.
- Serve cold and garnish, if desired, with cinnamon, almonds, coconut, and/or passion fruit just before serving.
Notes
Sawdust pudding, or serradura, is a Portuguese dessert that’s perhaps the easiest and best last course ever. It’s made by layering crushed tea cookies with sweetened whipping cream. Three ingredients. And elegant enough for entertaining.
This dessert actually shares nothing with its oh, how shall we say it, 
slightly offputting English name—sawdust pudding– and everything with its purringly Portuguese moniker–serradura. It’s soft, creamy, and will get your tongue trilling with its layers of whipped cream, condensed milk, and crushed Maria cookies.
And if you’re looking for something to keep the kids occupied during this endlessly looping Brady Bunch life you’re currently living, this is it. Kids of all ages can make it. Maybe let them loose in the kitchen while you binge-watch the second season of “Dead to Me.” Now there’s an idea.–David Leite
slightly offputting English name—sawdust pudding– and everything with its purringly Portuguese moniker–serradura. It’s soft, creamy, and will get your tongue trilling with its layers of whipped cream, condensed milk, and crushed Maria cookies.
And if you’re looking for something to keep the kids occupied during this endlessly looping Brady Bunch life you’re currently living, this is it. Kids of all ages can make it. Maybe let them loose in the kitchen while you binge-watch the second season of “Dead to Me.” Now there’s an idea.–David Leite