New Year's Pudding

Ingredients

• One quart of baker’s bread
• one-third of a cupful of butter
• half a cupful of orange marmalade
• two ounces of chopped citron
• one cupful of stoned raisins
• one cupful of currants
• one quart of milk
• five eggs
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• half'a cupful of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Butter a mould that will hold about three quarts, and sprinkle the bottom and sides with currants and chopped citron.

2. 2

   Beat together the eggs, sugar, and salt, and add the milk.

3. 3

   Butter the slices of bread and spread them with marmalade.

4. 4

   Dip each slice in the custard and arrange them in the mould.

5. 5

   Continue layering until all materials are used.

6. 6

   Pour remaining custard over, cover, and set in a cold place for three hours.

7. 7

   Steam for an hour and a quarter before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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