Pasta Raisins Pudding With Caramelized Apple Topping (mf)

Mercy even with us is an optional virtue; we do not have to be merciful. We usually admire people who are, but we do not say that people must be so. We say everybody must be just. We say, for example, an employer, if he agrees to pay a certain wage, must pay that particular wage. If he does not pay it, then he is unjust and is liable to a lawsuit. All our contracts are based on the integrity and honesty and justice of people with whom we do business. They are actually subject to trials and imprisonment and even execution if they violate their duty of man to man. What about mercy among men? We love it. We admire it. We encourage it. We sometimes practice it. But we do not say mercy is obligatory… If this is true even of human affairs, we can see immediately that God does not have to be merciful. He gave us life and conscience. He gave us intelligence to meet our obligations, and He has a right to hold us responsible for using them. He has no further obligation to forgive us if we do not. We say that the Judge of all the earth cannot do wrong, but we cannot say that the Judge of all the earth must be merciful.

John Gerstner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Desserts	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Tiny shaped pasta of choice
		or orzo boiled and
		drained
1/2	c	Plumped up raisins
1	t	Grated orange zest
2	T	Melted butter
1/2	c	Sugar
3		Eggs, lightly beaten
2	c	Scalded milk
1	c	Orange juice
2	T	Butter
2	c	Peeled and cored apples, 1/4
		inch dice
2	T	Brown sugar
1	pn	Ground cinnamon
		Powdered sugar for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine cooked pasta with raisins, zest
and melted butter and spread  into a shallow buttered 2 quart baking
dish.  Beat sugar into eggs and whisk in milk and orange juice and pour
over  pasta. Set baking pan in a bain marie and bake for about an hour
or  until set.  While this is baking saute the apples in 2 tablespoons
butter. Add  sugar and cinnamon and saute over low heat until apples
are tender and  caramelized.  Remove pasta pudding from oven and let
set 10 minutes before serving;  serve topped with apples and a dusting
of powdered sugar. Copyright,  1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights
Reserved MC Format by Gail  Shermeyer, 4paws@netrax.net  Recipe by:
PASTA MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW # PS6560  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1
#495 by 4paws@netrax.net  (Shermeyer-Gail) on Mar 02, 1997.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1366 Calories From Fat: 541 Total Fat: 61.3g Cholesterol: 680.1mg Sodium: 233mg Potassium: 1028.2mg Carbohydrates: 191.2g Fiber: 6.9g Sugar: 176g Protein: 21.8g