Mrs Beetons Puddings and Desserts Revisited
Currant Dumplings
450g (1lb) Flour
285ml (½ pint) Water (approx)
225g (8oz) Currants
170g (6oz) Suet
Chop the suet finely, mix it with the flour and add the currants, which should be nicely washed, picked and dried.
Mix to a limp paste with the water (or if preferred milk).
Divide into 7 or 8 dumplings.
Tie them in cloths.
Boil for 1¼ hour.
They may be boiled without a cloth, they should then be made into round balls and dropped into boiling water and should be moved about at first, to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the saucepan.
Serve with a cut lemon, cold butter and caster sugar.
Time: In a cloth, 1¼ hour, without, 45 minutes.
Sufficient for 6 or 7 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
CURRANT DUMPLINGS
1264. INGREDIENTS - 1 lb. of flour, 6 oz. of suet, 1/2 lb. of currants, rather more than 1/2 pint of water.
Mode - Chop the suet finely, mix it with the flour, and add the currants, which should be nicely washed, picked, and dried; mix the whole to a limp paste with the water (if wanted very nice, use milk); divide it into 7 or 8 dumplings; tie them in cloths, and boil for 1-1/4 hour. They may be boiled without a cloth: they should then be made into round balls, and dropped into boiling water, and should be moved about at first, to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the saucepan. Serve with a cut lemon, cold butter, and sifted sugar.
Time - In a cloth, 1-1/4 hour; without, 3/4 hour.
Average cost, 9 d.
Sufficient for 6 or 7 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
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