Recipe - Pearsons Food For The Gods

1 cup Dates; chopped
1 cup Walnuts; broken
Three fourths cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 tablespoon Flour
1 teaspoon Flour; opt, see note
2 Eggs; separated
Whipped cream

This very sweet dessert was a favorite of former Canadian Prime Minister
and Noble Prize winner, Lester "Mike" Pearson. "Perhaps for sound political
reasons, no member of the household staff (of the Prime Minister's
residence) can remember any specific occasion on which it was served."

Anne' s note: I chopped the dates in a food processor with the 1 Tbsp of
flour (to prevent stickiness) and then added 1 tsp of flour to the mixture.

Blend the ingredients (except the eggs) lightly with a fork. Add unbeaten
egg yolks and stir lightly. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour in
buttered baking dish and set in a larger pan partially filled with hot
water. Bake at 325F until it becomes light brown (2025 minutes). Serve
cold with whipped cream. SERVES: 6

SOURCE:_The Prime Minister's Cookbook_ by Susan Cartwright and Alan Edmonds
posted by Anne MacLellan

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