English Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 pound of stale bread
• 0.5 pound of sugar
• 1 pound of seeded raisins
• 1 pound of currants
• 0.5 pound of chopped citron
• 1 pound of finely chopped beef suet
• 1 nutmeg grated
• 1 tablespoonful of cinnamon
• a pinch of cloves
• a pinch of mace
• 1 glass of wine
• 1 glass of fine brandy
• the yolks of 8 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Soak stale bread in hot milk, then add sugar, raisins, currants dredged with flour, chopped citron, beef suet, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, mace, salt, wine, and brandy.

2. 2

   Mix with yolks of eggs and beaten egg whites.

3. 3

   Pour into a wet cloth dredged with flour, tie well, and boil for five hours.

4. 4

   Serve with wine sauce.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 foreign dishes (1908) by Josephine Preston Peabody, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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