Batter Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 dessertspoonful of flour
• 1 teacupful of milk
• Salt

Method

1. 1

   Boil a saucepan half full of water.

2. 2

   Mix flour and salt in a basin, add beaten egg, and gradually stir in milk.

3. 3

   Let stand for 30 minutes.

4. 4

   Grease a cup, pour in batter, cover with a floured cloth, and boil for 45 minutes.

5. 5

   Serve as desired.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 120. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BATTER PUDDING. Average cost of a " Boiled Batter Pudding}' (about a pint and a half). INGREDIENTS. d. 6 oz. of flour ) Salt f 1 3 eggs 3 1 pint of milk « 2J H Time required, about two hours a?id fifteen minutes. Now we will show you how to make a Boiled Batter Pudding. 1. We put a saucepan of warm water on the fire to boil. 2. We put six ounces of flour into a basin and mix half a saltspoonfid of salt with it. 3. We break three eggs into the flour, and beat them well together. 4. We now add by degrees one pint of milk, stirring very smoothly all the time, until the batter is well mixed. 5. We take a pudding basin and grease it inside with butter. 6. We stir the batter, and then pour it into the basin. 7. We wring out a pudding cloth in warm and then cold water, and flour it well. 8. We place the cloth over the batter, and tie it on securely with a piece of string, just below the rim of the basin. We tie the four corners of the cloth over the top. 9. When the water in the saucepan is quite boiling we put in the pudding, and let it boil for one hour and a half Lessons on Making Puddings. — Boiled Batter. 317 10. For serving, we take the basin out of the saucepan, take off the cloth, and turn the pudding carefully out on a hot dish. 31 8 National Training School for Cookery. PUDDINGS. Lesson No. 15. CORNFLOUR PUDDING. Average cost of a " Cornflour Pudding" (in a cup). INGREDIENTS. d. 1 teaspoon ful of cornflour o\ \ pint of milk of 4 lumps of sugar o^ 1 egg 1 Time required, about three quarters of an hour. Now we will show you how to make a Cornflour Pudding (in a cup, for infants or invalids). 1. We put a saucepan half full of warm water on the fire to boil. 2. We put one teaspoon/id of cornflour into a sauce- pan. 3. We pour in by degrees a quarter of a pint of milk, mixing it very smoothly. N.B. — We must be careful that it does not get lumpy. 4. We now add to it four lumps of sugar, put the sauce- pan on the fire and stir smoothly until it boils ; it will take about ten minutes. 5. We then move the saucepan to the side of the fire. 6. We break one egg into the saucepan, and beat it up until it is all well mixed. N.B. — If liked, the pudding can be flavoured with essence of vanilla, about five drops should be added. 7. We take a cup (just large enough to hold the pudding), and grease it inside with a piece of butter. 8. We pour the mixture out of the saucepan into the cup. Lessons on Making Puddings. — Cornflour. 319 9. When the water in the saucepan is quite boiling, we stand in the cup (but we must be careful that the water only comes halfway up the cup, or it will boil over and get into the cup), and let it steam for twenty-five minutes, 10. For serving, we take out the cup, and the pudding may be turned out or not, according to taste. 4 320 National Training School for Cookery. PUDDINGS. Lesson No. 16. BATTER PUDDING. Average cost of a " Baiter Pudding " (in a cup). INGREDIENTS. d. i egg i i dessertspoonful of flour J i teacupful of milk I x Salt ) 2 ~ Time required, about thirty-five minutes to make and thirty minutes to stand. Now we will show you how to make Batter Pudding (in a cup for infants or invalids). 1. We put a saucepan half full of warm water on the fire to boil. 2. We put a dessertspoonful of flour

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