Barriga De Freira (Nuns' Bellies) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 ounces sugar
3/4 cup water
1 ounce butter, cubed
8 ounces white bread, crumbled
8 egg yolks, beaten
cinnamon, to taste
2 tablespoons slivered almonds, toasted

Preparation

Lightly toast slivered almonds.
Combine water and sugar and heat, until sugar has dissolved, then cook until you get a thick syrup.
Remove from stove top, add butter.
As soon as butter is molten, add crumbled bread, mix.
Put back onto stove top, add egg yolks and cook slowly until the pudding thickens - don't boil!
Fill into a bowl, garnish with slivered almonds and cinnamon.