Bacchus Pudding
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups confectioner's sugar
2 1/2 cups sweet white wine (such as Riesling)
1/2 cinnamon stick
3 whole cloves
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F
Beat eggs well, then set aside until foam subsides.
Boil the sugar and wine together with the cinnamon and cloves for about 5 minutes.
Set the mixture aside to cool. Remove the cinnamon stick and cloves.
Press the beaten eggs through a strainer to eliminate the rest of the foam and any impurities.
Blend both mixtures together.
Pour the mixture into custard cups and set them in a baking pan.
Fill the pan with boiling water to a level 1 inch up the sides of the cups.
Bake for 55 minutes, until the puddings have set and a skewer comes out almost completely clean.