Mrs Beetons Puddings and Desserts Revisited
Baked Plum Pudding
900g (2lb) Flour
600ml (1 pint) Milk
450g (1lb) Currants
450g (1lb) Raisins
450g (1lb) Suet, finely chopped
2 Eggs
Candied Peel, few slices
Mix the suet with the flour, currants, stoned raisins and candied peel.
Moisten with the well beaten eggs and add enough milk to make the pudding the consistency of very thick batter.
Put it into a buttered dish.
Bake in a good oven for 2¼ to 2½ hours.
Turn it out, dust with caster sugar and serve.
For a very plain pudding, use only half the quantity of fruit, omit the eggs and substitute milk or water for them.
The above ingredients make a large family pudding, for a small one, half the quantity would be found ample, but it must be baked quite 1½ hour.
Time: Large pudding, 2¼ to 2½ hours. half the size, 1½ hour.
Sufficient for 9 or 10 persons.
Seasonable in winter.
BAKED PLUM-PUDDING
1324. INGREDIENTS - 2 lbs. of flour, 1 lb. of currants, 1 lb. of raisins, 1 lb. of suet, 2 eggs, 1 pint of milk, a few slices of candied peel.
Mode - Chop the suet finely; mix with it the flour, currants, stoned raisins, and candied peel; moisten with the well-beaten eggs, and add sufficient milk to make the pudding of the consistency of very thick batter. Put it into a buttered dish, and bake in a good oven from 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 hours; turn it out, strew sifted sugar over, and serve. For a very plain pudding, use only half the quantity of fruit, omit the eggs, and substitute milk or water for them. The above ingredients make a large family pudding; for a small one, half the quantity would be found ample; but it must be baked quite 1–1/2 hour.
Time - Large pudding, 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 hours; half the size, 1-1/2 hour.
Average cost, 2s. 6d.
Sufficient for 9 or 10 persons.
Seasonable in winter.
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