Ginger Pudding

Ingredients

• half a pound of flour
• 1 lb. of suet
• half a pound of moist sugar
• 2 large teaspoonsful of grated ginger
• 1 oz. of butter

Method

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   Put a large saucepan of water on the fire to boil.

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   Chop suet finely and mix with flour.

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   Add grated ginger and moist sugar, mix well.

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   Butter a small basin and fill with the mixture.

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    Prepare a pudding cloth and tie it over the basin.

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    Boil for at least six hours.

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    Serve by turning out onto a hot dish.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 129. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ginger Pudding. 345 PUDDINGS. Lesson No. 32. GINGER PUDDING. Average cost of " Ginger Pudding' {in about a pint basin). INGREDIENTS. a. h lb. of flour 1 1 lb. of suet 2 1 h; lb. of moist sugar 2 2 large teaspoonsful of grated ginger ) ^ I oz. of butter j z 7 Time required, about six hours and a quarter. Now we will show you how to make a Ginger Pudding. 1. We put a large saucepan of water on the fire to boil. 2. We put a quarter of a pound of suet on a board, cut away the skin and chop it up very finely with a sharp knife. 3. We put half a pound of flour into a basin, add the chopped suet, and rub it well into the flour with our fingers. N.B. — We must be careful not to leave any lumps. 4. We take some ginger and a grater, and grate two large teaspoonsfid of sugar. 5. We now add the grated ginger and half a pound of moist sugar

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