Lemon Pudding

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. flour
• 1 lb. suet
• 1/2 lb. sugar
• 3 lb. breadcrumbs
• 1/2 lb. blue raisins
• 1/2 teaspoonful baking soda
• rind of 1 lemon
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1 egg
• 1 good teacupful sweet milk

Method

1. 1

   Put flour, suet, sugar, breadcrumbs and soda into a bowl.

2. 2

   Add raisins stoned and mix thoroughly.

3. 3

   Add rind and juice of lemon and stir well, then egg and milk and mix well.

4. 4

   Pour into a well-buttered bowl and tie a buttered paper over top, and steam for 2 hours.

5. 5

   Do not allow water to come up to top of bowl.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON PUDDING. \ lb. flour. 1 lb. suet. | lb. sugar. 3 lb. breadcrumbs. \ lb. blue raisins, f teaspoonful baking soda. R.ind and juice of 1 lemon. 1 egg. 1 good teacupful sweet milk. Put flour, suet, sugar, breadcrumbs and soda into a bowl. Add raisins stoned and mix thoroughly. Add rind and juice of lemon and stir well, then egg and milk and mix well. Pour into a well-buttered bowl and tie a buttered paper over top, and steam for 2 hours. Do not allow water to come up to top of bowl. M. B., Dalmuir. LEICESTER PUDDING. 8 ozs. flour. I 2 eggs. 2 ozs. sugar. i teaspoonful of baking powder. 2 ozs. butter. | A little milk. Some jam. Rub the butter into the flour. Add sugar, baking powder, eggs 96 well beaten, and milk. Line a pudding basin with jam, pour in the mixture, cover with a greased paper, and steam for 2 hours. Turn out and use either hot or cold. Mrs. Cunningham, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. MARMALADE PUDDING. 3 eggs. — Their weight in sugar, butter, marmalade, and flour. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add the eggs one at a time, then the marmalade, and lastly the flour. Beat for 10 minutes and put into a well-buttered mould, and steam for 3 hours. Miss Kaye, Perth. PLUM PUDDING. £ lb. flour. ^ lb. breadcrumbs. | lb. beef suet, i lb. sugar. 1 lb. raisins. 1 lb. currants. £ lb. peel (orange and citron). Grated rind of i lemon

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