English Christmas Pudding

Ingredients

• one pound of raisins
• one pound of currants
• one-half pound of sultanas
• one pound of suet
• one pound of sugar
• three-fourths pound of oranges and citron (peel mixed)
• one-half pound of flour
• one-half pound of bread crumbs
• ten eggs
• one pint of milk
• one teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• one small nutmeg
• a little salt

Method

1. 1

   Chop the suet very fine, seed and divide the raisins, wash and dry the currants, add saleratus, half teaspoonful, cut the peel into slices.

2. 2

   Mix these all well together, flour, bread crumbs, sugar and suet, then stir in ten eggs, beaten.

3. 3

   Last, when ingredients are well mixed, put the pudding into a buttered mould.

4. 4

   Flour a cloth and tie over tightly.

5. 5

   Boil for six hours.

6. 6

   Serve with sauce.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 16 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 124. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

English Christmas Pudding. One pound of raisins, one pound of currants, one-half pound sultanas, one pound of suet, one pound ot sugar, three- fourths pound of oranges and citron (peel mixed), one-half pound of flour, one-half pound of bread crumbs, ten eggs, one pint of milk, one teaspoon of ground cinnamon, one small nut- 242 New Century Cook Book. meg and a little salt

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