Christmas Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 tb. flour (3% cups)
• 2 tsp. soda
• 1 Ib. suet
• 4 oz. bitter almonds
• 1 Ib. fresh breadcrumbs (4 cups)
• % |b. mixed peel
• 1 Ib. sugar (2 cups)
• 1 Ib. currants (scant 3 cups)
• 2 tsp. mixed spice
• 1 Ib. sultanas (scant 3 cups)
• 1 tsp. each cinnamon
• 1 Ib. raisins (stoned) 214 cups.
• 1 nutmeg.
• 1 pint milk (2 cups)
• Ly tspmsalt

Method

1. 1

   Skin, shred, and finely chop suet with the flour, add all dry ingredients, the almonds skinned and chopped, peel shredded finely and chopped, fruit washed and dried.

2. 2

   Mix very stiffly with the milk.

3. 3

   Pack in well greased bowls, cover each bowl with a stiff flour and water dough and then a pudding cloth scalded and floured.

4. 4

   Boil or steam for eight hours.

5. 5

   Serve on a hot dish with a white sweet sauce separately.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Girl's home manual of cookery, home management, home nursing and laundry (1913) by Annie Bessie Juniper, British Columbia. Ministry of Education, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Christmas Plum Pudding. (No Eggs.) : 1 tb. flour (3% cups). 2 tsp. soda. 1 Ib. suet. 4 oz. bitter almonds. 1 Ib. fresh breadcrumbs (4 cups). % |b. mixed peel. 1 Ib. sugar (2 cups). 1 Ib. currants (scant 3 cups). 2 tsp. mixed spice. 1 Ib. sultanas (scant 3 cups). 1 tsp. each cinnamon, cloves, allspice. 1 Ib. raisins (stoned) 214 cups. 1 nutmeg. 1 pint milk (2 cups). Ly tspmsalt

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.