Boiled Plumb Pudding
1 lb Suet 1 lb Currants 1 lb Raisins 8 Egg 4 Egg white 6 c Bread crumbs 1 tb Nutmeg 1 ts Ginger Salt 1 lb Flour 1 pt Milk Cut suet in little pieces. Beat the eggs, then half the mi...
Ingredients
- 1lbsuet
- 1lbcurrants
- 1lbraisins
- 8egg
- 4egg white
- 6cup bread crumbs
- 1tbsp nutmeg
- 1tsp ginger
Directions
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1 lb Suet 1 lb Currants 1 lb Raisins 8 Egg 4 Egg white 6 c Bread crumbs 1 tb Nutmeg 1 ts Ginger Salt 1 lb Flour 1 pt Milk Cut suet in little
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Beat the eggs, then half the milk, beat them together, and by degrees stir in the flour and bread together, then the suet, spice and fruit,
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Wet a large muslin cloth (3 foot square) and rub with flour inside and out
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Drape it into a bowl large enough to hold the pudding mix
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Pour the mixture in and tie up the muslin ends tightly, leaving the pudding in a large ball with some room for expansion
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When tying the neck, leave long enough ends on the cords so you can knot a loop
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Suspend the pudding in a large kettle or stock pot of boiling water, hanging the loop from a long wooden spoon straddling the open top of th
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Check water level frequently