Old Oxfordshire Dish

Ingredients

• 1 lb. Flour
• 1 lb. stoned Raisins
• 1 lb. Currants
• 1 a Nutmeg,., grated
• 10 ozs. Beef Suet, chopped fine
• 2 teaspoonfuls Salt
• ^ teaspoonful grated Ginger
• Add 3 well-beaten Eggs
• enough Milk to make a stiff batter

Method

1. 1

   Well grease a deep earthenware dish, pour in the pudding, put a wire meat stand in the middle, upon that nut a spare-rib of Pork, or a piece of juicy beef; bake for two and a-half hours in a good oven.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes (1907) by King's College Hospital, page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Old Oxfordshire Dish. iPbs. Flour. ilb. stoned Raisins. 1 lb. Currants. ... % 1 a Nutmeg,., grated. ioozs. Beef Suet, chopped fine. 2 teaspoonfuls Salt. ^ teaspoonful grated Ginger. Add 3 well-beaten Eggs and enough Milk to make a stiff batter. Well grease a deep earthenware dish, pour in the pudcVng, put a wire meat stand in the middle, upon that nut a spare-rib of Pork, or a piece of juicy beef ; bake" for two and a-half hours in a good oven. Miss Emma Durham. HO KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON. Almond Pudding1. 8ozs. ground Sweet Almonds. 8ozs. Caster Sugar. 8 Eggs, leaving out 4 whites. Beat the eggs well, and gradually add the sugar, and then the almonds; beat all together for \ hour. Line a tin or mould with oiled paper, pour in the mixture and immediately bake f of an hour in a slow oven. Great care must be taken not to open the oven for the first 20 minutes. When taken out of the mould, blanch some almonds, sufficient to make the pudding look like a porcupine. Serve cold; pour a little orange flower water, sweetened to taste, over the pudding. Prick the pudding with a very fine skewer to allow the orange flower water to flavour it. Mrs. Wilkinson. Austrian Pudding. 20zs. Butter. 2 dessert-spoonfuls -of 2 different jams mixed. j teaspoon ful of Carbonate of Soda. 1 Egg, its weight in Flour and Breadcrumbs. Melt the butter, dredge in the dry ingredients, add the jam and the egg, well beaten, and lastly the soda. Have ready a pudding basin well buttered, put in the mixture and steam for an hour. Mrs. Abbot. Bombay Pudding. Take 2 lbs. of Soojee (Soojee is^a^ed flour, pounded and passed through the finest sieve), half roast it, then boil it in water till it becomes very thick; butter a soup plate (or deep dish about the same depth), pour the boiled Soojee in; when it has cooled and congealed cut it into 8 or more slices or shapes, rub the cakes over with the yolk of an egg, dredge with finelv-sifted flour and fry in butter till they become a rich brown Colour. Arrange prettily in a dish and pour over them a clear thick syrup, flavoured with lemon juice. Mrs. Macnamara, IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF Baked Treacle Pudding*. Line a buttered pie-dish with a layer of golden syrup; lay in some strips of buttered bread about a finger in thickness, fill up with a custard made of i egg and ipt. or more, of milk. Bake in a quick oven over | an hour; turn out and add a little golden syrup and squeeze of lemon before serving. Mrs. Abbot. Bakewell Pudding*. Line a flat pie-dish with light pastry, put a layer of strawberry or raspberry jam at the bottom. Mix together 30ZS. creamed butter, 30ZS. sugar, 30ZS. breadcrumbs, 30ZS. chopped almonds or ground almonds, and the grated rind and juice of a lemon, a little grated nutmeg, and 3 well-beaten eggs. Lay this over the jam and bake for about 20 minutes, slip the pudding out of the pie-dish when cold, and sprinkle caster sugar over and serve cold. Mrs. Terry. Baked Rhubarb and Custard Pudding*. ipt. stewed Rhubarb. ipt. Milk. fpt. Breadcrumbs. 2 Eggs. 20ZS. Sugar. Put the stewed rhubarb and breadcrumbs in a basin and mix well together; beat the eggs, stir in the milk and sugar, and add this cold custard to the rhubarb and breadcrumbs, mixing all well together. Put the mixture into a buttered pie-dish and bake in a moderate oven till slightly browned, then grate a little nutmeg over the top and put back in the oven until the pudding is quite set. Miss Elderton. 1 12 KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOOTH LONDON. Beignets de Pommes a la Bavarin. • 6 large Apples. Cooking Brandy. Cinnamon. ' Lemon Peel. Caster Sugar. Flour. Lard. Pare and quarter the apples, lay them to soak in brandy with some caster sugar, cinnamon and lemon peel; turn them often, and when near dinner-time dry them in a cloth, roll them about in fine flour and fry them tender in hot lard; sift over them some fine sugar and colour with a Salamander. Mr. Elin. Berlin Pancakes. 6ozs. Flour. 20zs. Butter. 20zs. Sugar. Some Jam. i Egg. i teaspoon ful Baking Powder. A little Lemon. Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar, lemon and baking powder; beat the egg and mix with it: about i tablespoonful of milk. Make it into a paste and roll out to about iin., cut into rounds, put jam between and fry in hot fat. Sprinkle with caster sugar. Mrs. Rhys Powei.l. Boiled Bread Pudding1. ^lb. scraps of Bread. 2 tablespoonfuls Sugar. ioz. Suet. Lemon Rind or Nutmeg. Rb. Currants or Raisins. 1 Egg. 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls Milk. i teaspoonful Baking Powder. IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF Soak the crusts in cold water till quite soft; drain in a colander and press out the water, beat out lumps with a fork. Add the chopped suet, cleaned fruit, sugar, flavouring, and baking powder. Mix well, then add the beaten egg and milk as required. Put into a greased basin, cover with greased paper and steam for one and a- half hours. Mrs. Rhys Powell. Boston Apple Pudding-. Peel and core 6 large apples, stew until tender with a little lemon peel, strain off the water and add a piece of butter; nutmeg and sugar to taste; stir all until nearly cold. Add 3 eggs, beaten up first, then pour the whole into a dish lined with paste and bake it for three-quarters of an hour. Mrs. Tunnard. Christmas Pudding (1). 2lbs. finely-chopped Suet, i^lbs. brown Sugar, ilb. stoned Raisins. 1 lb. Currants. 1 lb. Sultanas. i^lbs. chopped, mixed Peel. Mb. Breadcrumbs. Mb. Flour. ^ saltspoonful Salt. 12 Eggs. \ teaspoonful mixed Spice. Will make about three medium-sized puddings. Should be boiled eight hours, and one and a half hours each pudding when wanted for use. Mrs. Silk. Christmas Pudding (2). 2lbs. Raisins. 2lbs. Currants. Mb. Sultanas. 2lbs. Suet. KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON. ilb. Flour

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