Stirring up Comfort with Homemade Pudding - No. 43

A recipe for cool and creamy Natilla

Natilla from Taqueria del Sol in Atlanta.

When I was young and our mother wasn’t inviting friends over for dinner, just cooking for our family, she’d make pudding. She’d lift a heavy saucepan onto the electric stove, pour in milk, and scald it, bringing it nearly to a boil.

She’d pour this hot milk into sugar and a little flour, sometimes cocoa, always a …