Carrageen Moss Pudding

Carrageen moss pudding is a traditional dessert. It's made with Carrageen moss as the key ingredient, which comes in two varieties – Gigartina Stellata and Chondrus Crispus. The moss is brown-black or dark green, and it grows on the rocks at low tide line. Other ingredients for this dessert include milk, sugar, eggs, and either vanilla, chocolate, or citrus. The moss is soaked, then cooked with milk and vanilla until the moss begins to extrude a thick jelly-like substance. The combination is strained onto beaten egg yolks for the custard, then mixed with beaten egg whites and chilled. Once it has set, the moss pudding should have a light base and a bubbly, foamy top.