Recipes · Icelandic · Puddings

Ábrystir

One serving has 312 kcal and 18 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of choline (75%), cobalamin (71%), riboflavin (69%), selenium (68%), phosphorus (50%) and pantothenic acid (44%). Ready in 50 minutes.

Ábrystir
Photo: Navaro, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 10 min
  • Cooking: 40 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (295 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Vegetarian, Gluten-free
  • Contains: dairy, egg

Ingredients

  • 180 g Milk, whole
  • 100 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 15 g Sugar
  • 0.3 g Cinnamon

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F). This home version uses extra whole milk and egg in place of beestings (a cow's first milk after calving), which is not sold outside farms.
  2. Whisk the milk, eggs and sugar together until smooth.
  3. Pour into small buttered ramekins and set them in a baking dish with hot water reaching halfway up the sides.
  4. Bake for 35-40 minutes until just set with a slight wobble in the center.
  5. Cool, then chill for at least an hour.
  6. Dust with cinnamon and serve cold, spooned from the dish as is traditional.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy312 kcal15%
Carbohydrates24.6 g
Water235 mL
Fiber0.16 g1%
Protein18.2 g38%
Tryptophan0.24 g
Threonine0.8 g
Isoleucine0.96 g
Leucine1.6 g
Lysine1.4 g
Methionine0.53 g
Cystine0.31 g
Phenylalanine0.97 g
Tyrosine0.79 g
Valine1.2 g
Histidine0.48 g
Fat15.4 g
Monounsaturated5.1 g
Polyunsaturated2.3 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.06 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-61.8 g
Saturated6.5 g
Trans-Fats0.04 g
Cholesterol390 mg
Calcium263 mg26%
Copper0.12 mg13%
Iron1.8 mg10%
Magnesium30.2 mg10%
Manganese0.09 mg5%
Phosphorus349 mg50%
Potassium377 mg8%
Selenium37.5 µg68%
Sodium220 mg
Zinc2 mg25%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.12 mg11%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.76 mg69%
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.24 mg2%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)2.2 mg44%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.24 mg18%
Folate (vitamin B9)56 µg14%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.7 µg71%
Choline320 mg75%
Vitamin A243 µg35%
Vitamin C0.01 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)174 IU29%
Vitamin E1.2 mg8%
Vitamin K0.93 µg1%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.5 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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