Christmas Pudding, A Good

Ingredients

• one pound of flour
• one pound of bread crumbs
• two pounds of suet
• one pound of fine sugar
• two teaspoonfuls of salt
• two teaspoonfuls of ground mixed spice
• two ounces of ground bitter almonds
• the red part of a large carrot scraped
• two pounds of stoned raisins
• two pounds of currants
• one pound of mixed candied peel
• the rind of one lemon cut small
• the rind of one orange cut small
• ten eggs
• half a pint of milk
• a teaspoonful of essence of ratafia

Method

1. 1

   Mix all dry ingredients in a large pan.

2. 2

   Beat the eggs and mix with milk, then add to the dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Add lemon and orange juice, and essence.

4. 4

   Mix thoroughly.

5. 5

   Put into two buttered basins, cover with flour and water paste, tie down with cloth, and boil for fifteen hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHRISTMAS PUDDING, A Good. — Mix in a large pan one pound of flour, one pound of bread crumbs, two pounds of suet, one pound of fine sugar, two teaspoonfuls of salt, two teaspoonfuls of ground mixed spice, two ounces of ground bitter almonds, the red part of a large carrot scraped, two pounds of stoned raisins, two pounds of currants, one pound of mixed candied peel, and the rinds of one lemon and one orange cut small. Beat up in a basin ten eggs, mix them with half a pint or a pint of milk, according to the size of the eggs ; add to the dry ingredients, and thoroughly well mix ; add the juice of a lemon and of an orange strained, and a teaspoonful of essence of ratafia

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