🍬dessert
Cornmeal Pudding
“Hell-a-Bottom”
They call it Hell-a-Bottom and there is good reason. When this pudding bakes in a proper oven — not the fancy convection kind, but the old coal stove or the Dutch pot with coals on top and bottom — the base of the pudding caramelises into a dark, almost burnt layer that cracks between your teeth lik...
10 ingredients
Plantation era through present (1700s onward)
The name 'Hell-a-Bottom' refers to the caramelised base layer. Some bakers intentionally place extra coals beneath the Dutch pot to intensify this layer — essentially controlling the 'hellfire' under the pudding.
YARD KITCHEN
Old Time Jamaican Recipes