Pudim Molotov

Pudim Molotov is a light Portuguese dessert built on whipped egg whites and sugar. The whites are beaten until they hold stiff peaks, mixed with caramel sauce and baked, which leaves a soft, airy pudding with a caramelized top, and some cooks add a touch of vanilla. According to the account given in its English Wikipedia article, the dessert was first called malakoff pudding, after the Malakoff fortress that guarded Sevastopol during the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856, and the title of the French general who took it became linked with a wartime dessert made from leftover egg whites. The same account suggests that as the Soviet statesman Molotov became world famous, confusion over the name led the Portuguese to say pudim molotof instead of pudim malakoff, and the dessert has carried the Molotov name since.