Date Pudding

Ingredients

• a cupful of milk
• a cupful of bread crumbs free from crusts
• two eggs
• two tablespoonfuls of suet
• half a cupful of sugar
• a saltspoonful of salt
• a saltspoonful of cinnamon
• a cupful of dates
• a heaping tablespoonful of sifted flour

Method

1. 1

   Soak bread crumbs in milk, beat in eggs, suet, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

2. 2

   Chop dates and figs, dredge with flour, stir into pudding.

3. 3

   Pour into a buttered mold and steam for three hours.

4. 4

   Serve with a sauce flavored with nutmeg and brandy or sherry.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Books and My Food: With Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every .. (1904) by Elisabeth Luther Cary, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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