Carrot Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup of flour
• 1 quart of carrots
• 1/4 pound seeded raisins
• 1/4 pound of citron
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
• 1/4 pound of suet, chopped fine
• cinnamon to taste
• A little nutmeg and clove

Method

1. 1

   Wash and boil carrots, add to them flour, sugar, salt, suet, and spices.

2. 2

   Flour the fruit, mix all well, and cook for 3 hours in a double boiler.

3. 3

   This will keep for weeks and may be warmed in a double boiler before using.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Efficiency in home-making and first-aid to good cooking (1915) by Robertson, Georgia, page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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