Christmas Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• one pound raisins
• one pound currants
• one pound of beef suet
• one pound of bread crumbs
• one pound of brown sugar
• two ounces of lemon, orange and citron, candied peel
• half a nutmeg grated
• half a teaspoonful of ground ginger
• one teaspoonful of mixed spice
• half a saltspoonful of salt
• eight eggs

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients except eggs.

2. 2

   Beat eggs separately and combine with the mixture.

3. 3

   Grease a mold, fill with mixture, cover with cloth, and boil in water for 6 hours.

4. 4

   Reboil for 2 hours before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 16 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 459. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING. One pound raisins stoned, one pound currants cleaned and dried, one pound' of beef suet chopped fine, one pound of bread crumbs (stale are the best), one pound of brown sugar; then cut in small pieces two ounces of lemon, orange and citron, candied peel, half a nutmeg grated, half a teaspoonful of ground ginger, one teaspoonful of mixed spice, PL UM P UDDING. 553 half a saltspoonful of salt, eight eggs

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