Hoover Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• 2 cups of milk
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 cup of corn sirup
• 1/2 cup of cornstarch
• 1/2 cup of cold water
• the yolk of 1 egg
• 1 cup of DEL MONTE Canned Green-Gage Plums
• 1 stiffly beaten egg white

Method

1. 1

   Heat milk, add salt, corn sirup, and cornstarch moistened with cold water.

2. 2

   Cook in a double boiler for 35 minutes.

3. 3

   Pour onto egg yolk, cook 2 minutes, add plums, and fold in egg white.

4. 4

   Pour into a dish and chill.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The bride's cook book (1915) by Edgar William Briggs, page 118. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HOOVER PLUM PUDDING— Heat 2 cups of milk and add ^ teaspoon of salt, % cup of corn sirup, and % cup of comstarch moistened with V2 cup of cold water, and cook in the double boiler 35 minutes. Pour onto the yolk of 1 egg and cook 2 minutes, add 1 cup of DEL MONTE Canned Green-Gage Plums and fold in 1 stiffly beaten egg white

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